Studies have shown that employees who are protected from change are especially stressed when change does occur, which creates a less open work environment.

I am a fan of this approach, but before I say more about that let’s cover a couple of definitions: Key Results Areas (KRAs) and Developmental Goals.

For the American economy to rally and re-establish strong growth trends, we must examine at its foundation: manufacturing. The foundation is eroding at an alarming rate, and rather than reinforcing it we must focus on renovation through innovation.

Organizations that have utilized performance management to successfully develop and retain (and thereby attract) top talent have created a manager/employee experience that includes:

Tom Coughlin. Bobby Knight. Both are names you might recognize; they’re coaches whose unique -- even controversial -- coaching styles have led to great success.

Economically speaking, times are tough. No surprise there, right? Well, if you keep one eye on your company’s sales performance and the other on the financial bottom line, you’re overlooking your greatest asset: your employees.

There are two main reasons that positivity is important: preserving your organization’s “employment brand” and maintaining high morale among remaining employees.

Most business leaders would agree that having a business strategy -- a focus, goals for growth, and a plan of action -- is an undoubtedly vital element of running business. Companies spend a considerable amount of time, energy, and money identifying a strategy, acquiring and implementing the right equipment, technology, and processes.

We all know the drama that can flare when friends work together as coworkers or in employee/supervisor relationships. We also know the tension that can poison the office when employees and their managers do not see eye to eye.

Many people ask us what is SaaS? Well is stands for "Software as a Service" and it has many benefits.

We have factored the actual time and expenses invested annually with clients using the system in terms of the required service, support, secured system costs, servers, etc. The best part is that the greatest savings is not just your time from not needing to create a talent management system from scratch.

Yes we have been working on BLOOM for a while. Actually, since 2003. The original working name "Passport" was not trademarkable (is that a word?) So in 2007 we shifted to BLOOM.