Now that 2010 is half over, it’s a natural time to check in on where you are with your HR programs. As HR professionals, there are a number of areas where you rely on managers and employees to execute on an ongoing basis. And while you may track the process periodically, summer is a great time to check in with how activities are going, in particular employee coaching and learning activities.

I am thrilled to share some great news today. We have won a Top Training Product award from Human Resource Executive Magazine for Halogen eLearning Manager! As the industry’s first performance-based learning management system, Halogen eLearning Manager delivers an innovative approach to training and development, by fully integrating learning with performance appraisals and other key talent management functions.

As an organization, we are focused on delivering products that are ‘right to market’ by addressing real-life [...]

We just wrapped up an awesome session with Kris Dunn, who you probably know from The HR Capitalist and Fistful of Talent. He joined us at the annual user conference as a keynote speaker on Social Media and HR. This session provided great insight into why HR pros should care about social media, including the top 10 reasons why they should invest time in social media tools – here’s the high level version:

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David Hofstetter from the New England Organ Bank and our own Sean Conrad just wrapped up a session on performance based learning at our annual user conference. They shared some great insights and best practices on the power of linking employee performance and learning management.

Sean discussed the theory, while David discussed what his organization has been able to achieve with performance-based learning. Both raised a number of insightful and interesting points that I wanted to [...]

Leading up to and during the SHRM conference last week week we announced two new features that are included in version 9.1 of our talent management suite – our Talent Profile solution and Activity Tracker. Both are designed to help HR with real-world issues they face in the deployment and ongoing administration of their talent management systems. We’re excited about both as they are truly firsts in the industry. Press and analysts we’ve shown them [...]