by MELANY GALLANT | Feb 15th, 2011 | Performance Management |
I recently ordered Wally Bock’s Working Supervisor’s Support Kit which includes his book Performance Talk: The One-on-One Part of Leadership. For those of you who don’t know Wally, he’s an author, consultant and speaker specializing in leadership and training. He’s also the man behind Three Star Leadership, one of our favorite sites on the topic.
Performance Talk is a practical guide that helps supervisors effectively train themselves on how to [...]
by DONNA RONAYNE | Feb 11th, 2011 | Halogen News |
I am pleased to announce Halogen Software has been named a finalist for the 2011 OCRI Awards in the category, Company of the Year. The Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation is the city’s lead economic development agency, a non-profit who delivers its services through a unique partnership with the City of Ottawa.
The annual OCRI Awards acknowledge companies and individuals in the Ottawa region for their innovation and business excellence.
Being a named [...]
by MELANY GALLANT | Feb 1st, 2011 | Performance Management |
For Freud, the ego is the division of the psyche that helps us organize our thoughts and make sense of them and the world around us. For most of us today, the word ego tends to connote an “exaggerated sense of self-importance” and “an inflated feeling of pride and superiority to others”.
In a work setting, ego can be a very positive thing. That is, if we’re talking about functional egos. A person with a functional [...]
by YVON MARTEL | Jan 26th, 2011 | Competency Management |
An increasing number of healthcare organizations are looking for new and innovative ways to support competency assessment programs. The traditional paper and pen tracking systems are becoming more burdensome to manage especially with the growing number of regulatory requirements healthcare organizations must comply with, such as Joint Commission and MAGNET®.
In a recent webinar, leading competency assessment expert Donna Wright discussed the challenges of competency assessments.
In particular, Donna cites there are too many [...]
by SEAN CONRAD | Jan 25th, 2011 | Goal Management |
Remember back on January 1st when you were all gung-ho about your New Year’s resolutions? How’s it going? Still on track?
As you probably know, most New Year’s resolutions fizzle out by February. Ah, the best of intentions.
Well, employee and organizational goals can fizzle out at the same speed of those personal resolutions. While we all want to stay on track, it’s not always easy. We may be losing steam because the goals we set are unrealistic [...]
