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 over 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 Prepare for Your Performance Appraisal
- 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
- Why Are Employee Self-Evaluations So Important?
- Giving Effective Feedback: Keeping it Positive
- Giving Effective Feedback Key to Better Teacher Evaluations
- How Project Reviews Coupled With Performance Appraisals Support Employee Success
Competency Management
Learn how to use competencies to cultivate high performance in your organization.
- The Basics of Competency Management
- Using Weighting to Prioritize Competencies and Goals
- Choosing the Right Method to Assess and Rate Competencies in Your Organization
- Develop the Competencies Your Organization Needs for Success
- Leveraging the Power of Competency Checklists in Halogen eAppraisal
Employee Training and Development
Read about ways to support ongoing employee development.
- How Mature are Your Employee Development Programs?
- 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!
- Practical Ways to Ensure Your Training Investments are Effective
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
- Improving 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.
- Addressing the Long Term Challenges Facing HR and Their Organizations
- 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
- Giving Effective Feedback Key to Better Teacher Evaluations
- Coaching or Cloning? How to Coach More Effectively
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
- How to Set Up an Effective 360 Degree Multirater Evaluation Process
- How to Create Best-Practice Employee Evaluation Forms
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
