Performance-Based Learning on the Rise as New HR Best Practice

OTTAWA, ON – March 19, 2009 – Halogen Software has seen strong uptake
of its newest talent management solution, eLearning Manager. Over 100
organizations have selected Halogen® eLearning Manager™ since the
solution's launch in November 2008. This adoption marks a growing market
trend towards performance-based learning programs. Halogen eLearning
Manager, the industry's first performance-based learning management
system, tightly integrates organizational learning activities with employee
performance management, goal alignment, succession planning and other key
talent management functions.

HR analyst firm Bersin & Associates points out that three of the top 22 talent
management processes that drive the highest business impact are related to
the integration of training and performance management practices. Halogen
eLearning Manager delivers on this integration and breaks down the silos
between performance management and learning to drive corporate
performance and demonstrate a return on training investments.

"As a financial services institution, we are driven by compliance so a learning
management system is a must for ensuring our training requirements are
met," explained Wanda Ladd, Director of Human Resources, PHR, Bank of Oak
Ridge. "We were already using Halogen eAppraisal for performance
management, and after reviewing other vendors when looking for an LMS
there was nothing comparable. What sets Halogen apart is that tight link
between performance and learning which gives us the ability to measure the
impact training initiatives are having on performance."

With Halogen's new full featured LMS, HR, training professionals, managers
and employees can easily access performance and development information in
a single user interface.  The system's tight integration with other Talent
Management Modules ensures:
• Individual and group training programs are aligned with development
plans, performance gaps, succession needs and, most importantly, corporate
goals.
• Training departments can easily measure the effectiveness of
learning and skills development programs by tracking employee performance
improvements over time via built-in Training Effectiveness Reports.
• While managers are doing performance reviews they can instantly
pinpoint and assign development activities related to the competency or area
needing attention. 
• Employees are provided a single set of tools to better track and
complete assigned goals and performance and development plans,
• Employees and managers also have access to the full training
catalog when and where they need it. 

"Halogen eLearning Manager will provide us with actionable intelligence that
we just didn't have before," said David Hofstetter, Manager, Learning and
Development, New England Organ Bank.  "We'll have greater insight into skills
gaps and a stronger understanding of where training programs are required,
which helps us to focus our resources and measure performance results from
them in the long run - this is invaluable."

About Halogen Software
Halogen Software is recognized as a market leader by industry analysts and is
strongly endorsed by the thousands of HR professionals who use their Talent
Management solutions. The company offers a complete suite of web-based
products that automate, simplify and integrate performance appraisals, 360
degree feedback, compensation management, succession planning and
learning management. Halogen's offering makes HR best-practices accessible
to companies of all sizes and its healthcare, financial services and
professional services specific suites meet the unique needs of these
industries. Halogen is consistently recognized by the industry and its
customers for its exceptional implementation and support services, and has
won multiple awards for its corporate leadership and product innovation,
including HR Technology Product of the Year. For more information, visit
www.halogensoftware.com.

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