Ottawa, Canada (PRWEB) April 24, 2009 -- FuelCell Energy Inc., the global leader in clean stationary electric power, implemented Halogen Software's talent management
suite globally in just six weeks, and within one appraisal cycle
created a high-performance culture. The organization improved the
integrity and value of its employee performance data, aligned its
rapidly growing workforce around a common set of goals, and ensured its
high-potential employees were recognized and nurtured.
The demands of the current economic climate are putting pressure on
organizations globally to quickly gain a better understanding of their
workforce and align, communicate with and motivate their top
performers. FuelCell recognized that, especially during this difficult
economic downturn, maximizing the performance of its human capital was
essential. Understanding where to allocate scarce resources and how to
strategically develop talent to meet business needs is an urgent
necessity for companies of all sizes. FuelCell Energy is a clear
example of how quickly organizations can achieve these goals and
strengthen their competitive position in the process.
By automating its talent management processes FuelCell helped
strengthen and streamline its rapid global expansion— growing from 150
to over 500 employees in four years. Before implementing Halogen's
solution, the organization faced a number of challenges in their
performance management system, including a lack of consistency,
accountability, and employee engagement with the existing process. As a
result, performance reviews were not considered a valuable tool for the organization as a whole.
“The HR team found the system and process painful for everyone involved
and looked to overhaul it and implement an automated system,” said
Sandra Mauro, HR Manager with FuelCell Energy. “Once we had decided to
invest in Halogen, things began to improve quickly. We were live within
six weeks of training. It was awesome. I have done a lot of software
implementations in my career and I know how painful they can be.
Getting Halogen up and running was painless.”
Halogen Software is able to consistently implement its suite for
customers under very tight deadlines, even for those with global
operations, because the solution is so flexible and easily configured.
This enables customers to have the Halogen applications adapt to their
processes and forms—rather than the other way around.
Once Halogen's suite had been successfully implemented, FuelCell was
able to address its business problems almost immediately. Availability
of information and a methodology toward a high performance culture
began to evolve and improve with each review process. Accountability
for goals and alignment around performance is now the norm for its
global workforce. The company fosters greater recognition of high
performance, and nurtures employee growth via development planning and
ongoing feedback. The intelligence gained through the performance
appraisal process is now readily accessible and is therefore
actionable, unlike with the paper-based process, which was impractical
to aggregate and report on. The shift is an exciting one for the HR
team.
“I recommend Halogen to pretty much anyone who will listen. I talk about it all the time,” says Mauro. “We use the employee performance management
system to drive a higher level of accountability. As a high-growth
company, we have many employees who join our team from different
companies and corporate cultures. The new system enables us to
standardize performance expectations and unify our corporate culture.”
(Read the entire article at Canadian Business Online.)
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