by HEATHER MCCULLIGH | Jul 6th, 2010 | Performance Management |
You know that time of year… One by one, employees are called in to their supervisor’s office to discuss their yearly performance reviews. Chances are, when the time comes for yours, you already have an idea of what’s going to be said. You know when you’ve worked hard and exceeded expectations. You also know when you’ve cut corners and haven’t met your full potential.
Much like negative criticism, a bad performance review can easily make [...]
by DONNA RONAYNE | Jul 6th, 2010 | Halogen News |
There have been plenty of blog posts recapping the SHRM 2010 Annual Conference and Exhibition, which took place last week. You can read some good highlights here, here and here.
The keynotes, the conference sessions and the exhibit floor were packed, which was a refreshing thing to see, and a positive sign of what’s ahead. Halogen had the privilege of meeting with hundreds of talented HR professionals, [...]
by HEATHER MCCULLIGH | Jun 29th, 2010 | Performance Management |
By Mary Montserrat-Howlett
A habit is something you can do without thinking – which is why most of us have so many of them. ~Frank Howard Clark
Who would we be without our habits? Without those little idiosyncrasies and automatic routines that distinguish one person from the next? Our habits, good and bad, play a paramount role in defining who we are, and subsequently, how others judge our character. In a work setting, our habits can [...]
by DONNA RONAYNE | Jun 24th, 2010 | Halogen News |
When you lead the market in customer satisfaction, and are chosen by customers for product “ease of use,” making overhauls to your products’ user interface requires some very thoughtful planning and consideration. For Halogen, when it came to overhauling our UI and overall user experience, we focused on ensuring that the suite was both more usable and learnable for every single type of user.
Jim Holincheck at Gartner noted in our announcement: “HCM [...]
by ADMIN | Jun 24th, 2010 | press release |
New Job Description Builder first and only solution to include job descriptions as part of performance management workflow; enables HR to streamline and control job description creation and updates
Ottawa, ON – June 24, 2010 – Halogen Software today announced the release of Job Description Builder, the industry’s first and only solution to include job descriptions as part of the performance management workflow. This new offering enables HR to take job descriptions to the next level [...]
