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HR Reference Articles

At Halogen Software, we’re passionate about helping organizations improve their talent management processes. The following reference articles address some of the common questions and challenges our nearly 1500 customers have raised, and that HR professionals wrestle with every day.

Employee Performance Appraisals

Employee performance appraisals, when done right, can be a powerful means to develop a high-performance workforce. Gain insight into ways to leverage this critical tool.

How to Conduct a Successful Annual Performance Appraisal
5 Performance Management Tasks That are Often Overlooked
How to Ensure Consistency in Employee Performance Appraisals
Employee Evaluations: Why Are They So Critical?
Address the Challenges Associated with Writing Performance Reviews
Choosing the Right Method to Assess and Rate Competencies in Your Organization
Getting Useful Information From Your Performance Management Process
Using Weighting to Prioritize Competencies and Goals
Which is Best? Anniversary vs. Focal (Common Date) Performance Reviews
The Benefits and Challenges of Profiling or Stack Ranking Employee Performance

Employee Training and Development

Read about ways to support ongoing employee development.

Getting the Most Out of Your Employee Training
Grooming Future Leaders with Leadership Development Planning
Best Practices for Managing Performance Year Round
Why You Need Workable Succession Planning - Now!

Goal Management

An aligned workforce can seem like the Holy Grail. These articles can help you get there.

Writing SMART Goals
Driving Organizational Success With Effective Goal Management
Addressing the Challenge of Aligning Goals Across Your Organization
Improve Employee Accountability for Goals in Your Organization
Should You Allow Managers to Change Employee Goals During the Year?
Should Your Organization Have High-Level Goals?

Employee Engagement and Retention

Truly successful companies have engaged and happy employees. Discover some of the "secrets" to employee engagement and retention.

Simple Ways to Drive Up Employee Engagement and Retention
Employee Motivation: How To Make Workplace Rewards More Productive
Employee Performance and Talent Management: Leveraging Human Capital to Achieve a High Performing Workforce

Appraisal Process and Forms

Let's get practical. Learn how you can improve your employee performance appraisal process and evaluation forms.

Tips for Creating Effective Employee Evaluation Forms
Keeping Track of Employee Evaluations: Do You Know Where Your Performance Appraisals Are?
How to Improve On-Time Completion of Employee Performance Appraisals
Improving the Efficiency of Your Employee Performance Appraisal Process
Taking The Dread Out Of Employee Performance Appraisal Management
The Ins and Outs of Employee Appraisal Forms
Motivating Managers to Complete Employee Performance Reviews On Time
Leveraging the Power of Competency Checklists in Halogen eAppraisal

Talent Management Tools

Get insight into the tools available to help you with Talent Management.

Estimating the Return on Your Talent Management Investment
Human Resource Management Software:  Unleash the Potential of Your Organization
Reap the Rewards with Industry Leading Performance Review Software
Performance Software for Health Care Administration: Saving Time and Lives
7 Talent Management Practices to Help You Survive a Downturn

 

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