News & Events Archive 2009
Head Light Winter 2009 newsletter In our final instalment of a three part series on how to systematically analyse and improve your HR processes, we cover the art of Development Planning and how to harness the Hawthorne effect to create sustained performance improvement in staff. We have distilled much of our experience in assessment and development into a number of Good Practice Guides. These are for your use, with our compliments. This second guide covers how to create better assessments for use in appraisals and 360 degree review programmes. Features: The Hawthorne effect & sustaining performance improvement Good Practice Guide: Writing better assessments Test your Feedback Quotient with Talent FQTM |
Head Light announces new release of Talent Application Suite, Version 3.8 |
Thames Valley Police has selected Talent 360® for a force-wide deployment. Thames Valley Police is the largest non-metropolitan police force in England and Wales and, as with other forces, strives for both police staff and officers to become better leaders. They wanted to add to their range of training and development tools available to their leaders and looked to introduce an on-line, tailored, relevant 360 tool to provide deep self-insight. Working with us and making use of the Police’s National Integrated Competency Framework. |
Head Light Autumn 2009 newsletter We have for you the second of a three part series on how to systematically analyse and improve your HR processes, and specifically, Performance Appraisal, how to get it right from the start, and the tools you can use to identify any underlying issues. We are pleased to announce a number of new customers in Thames Valley Police, Travis Perkins and Improvement & Efficiency West Midlands for our Talent 360® software. In addition to the 'competitor-beating' functionality of our Talent® applications, these customers were also looking for a provider that would enable their self sufficiency - see more later. Features: Performance Appraisal - Getting it right from the start Good Practice Guide: 360 reviews -Choosing reviewers Test your Feedback Quotient with Talent FQTM |
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We are pleased to announce two new customers this month for Talent 360®. Firstly, the Travis Perkins Group who will be utilising 360 feedback as part of their assessment process for aspiring regional Directors. Secondly, and after a highly competitive tendering process, the IEWM (part of the West Midlands Local Government Agency) have selected Head Light to provide our leading Talent 360® feedback software combined with our assessment development and training services for their regional 'Future Leaders Programme'. Contact us here to request more information. |
Head Light Summer 2009 newsletter This newsletter begins with the first of a three part series on how to systematically analyse and improve your HR processes, starting first with a look at the unintended cultural impact your current processes could be having on your staff. Robert Coles, Solutions Director at Optima Group outlines their new ground-breaking psychometric 'RQ'. Unique and delivered as a 360 diagnostic (using Talent 360®), it has been designed to assess strengths and development areas relating to the ability to form 'Amazing Business Relationships' that are critical to business success. Features: HR Processes exposed - what do they say about your culture? Amazing Business Relationships After Induction - Engagement & Retention Test your Feedback Quotient with Talent FQTM |
Head Light announces new release of Talent Application Suite, Version 3.5 |
Head Light announces Talent FQ™ It is widely acknowledged that the actions taken as a result of the feedback are closely tied to how the feedback was delivered; get it wrong and resentment and denial are a very real possibility, get it right and the scene is set for real and lasting change. We have developed and tested an assessment, called Talent FQTM, that challenges you to identify the right (and wrong) course of action when in various tricky feedback situations. After you have completed this short challenge, you will receive a one page report that shows strengths and weaknesses in the underpinning competences essential for good feedback delivery. To mark the launch of this unique assessment, if at least one person from your business has taken this test and your business decides to take our 360 feedback course, then one place will be with our compliments! Contact us here to request more information, including a full course outline of our 360 feedback course. Find out more here. |
Head Light March 2009 newsletter We lead this defiantly positive newsletter with an article on the role of personal resilience and mental toughness in these challenging times and what practical steps you might take to identify and develop this capability. Lauren Bernadi of Human Assets continues this theme with her thoughts on harnessing elements of Positive Psychology to improve productivity and business performance. We also have two challenges for you - firstly, test your (or your colleagues) ability to give feedback with Talent FQ, our unique 'Feedback Quotient' assessment. You could also qualify for a place at a training session with our compliments! See below for more details. Our second challenge for you is to help settle a family dispute here in the office and enter a draw to win an iPod in time for Easter. Features: The importance of resilience Focusing on the Positive Test your Feedback Quotient with Talent FQTM |
Trapeze Group select Talent 360® as their appraisal system Trapeze Group UK is one of the leading providers of high quality, cost-effective transportation software which helps plan, deliver and manage vehicle and transport services across the public and community sectors. Structured into five separate business units and each headed up by a Business Unit Director, Trapeze Group UK wanted a 360 tool to support and enhance the performance and development reviews of those across the business groups. But they also wanted to be as self-sufficient as possible so worked with us at creating their own Talent 360®. |
Head Light January 2009 newsletter We lead in this newsletter with an article on the power of feedback, how to overcome the challenges in collecting it, accommodating individuals' reactions to it, and how to put it to best effect. Despite the difficult economic conditions, demand for our software and services remains strong. We have three new collaborations to announce; two using our Talent 360® software, Optima Group & PH7 Consulting, and Saffron Interactive, a leading e-learning player. We have also made another key appointment to the management team. We are also announcing the availability of our updated Feedback Training Course. On-site and one and a half days in duration it includes the development of questionnaires and key behavioural indicators, feedback role play, advanced applications of 360 and more Contact us here to request pricing and a full course outline. Featured: The Impact of Feedback Using 360 to identify Leadership Potential |
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Amanda Johnson and Gordon Bull are speaking at WOLCE '08 on the subject of how the talent management processes associated with learning, development, succession planning and retention can be advanced with suitable technology, including a case study on the application of 360 feedback techniques and career planning tools at Hertfordshire Constabulary. For more information see http://www.learnevents.com |
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Amanda Chick is speaking at the Informatology L&D Forum Talent Development Day in London on June 25th. They will be covering the use of 360 review and feedback in Succession Management. Other speakers include Professor Andrew Mayo, Donald Taylor and Dr. Charles Woodruffe. |
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Head Light announces general release of Talent Navigator® We are pleased to announce the arrival of the fourth product in our Talent® suite of on-line Talent Management applications. Talent Navigator® is a new and innovative web based tool that enables employees to take greater control over the direction of their careers within your organisation. Designed specifically to increase employee retention and reduce external recruitment spend, Talent Navigator® can help employees find roles that would help them develop the skills and experiences they are looking for. The tool also identifies what development they would need in order to be a strong internal candidate. It's fully flexible, supports your competency framework, role definitions, and progression routes and so much more. It available as both a hosted application and for client install. Find out more here. STOP PRESS!! - Talent Navigator launch featured in The Executive Grapevine here STOP PRESS!! - Talent Navigator launch featured in Personnel Today here | |||
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We are speaking at the next annual SearchLight Executive HR Forum on the subject of Succession Management, London. The forum, focussed solely at HR executives in the media industry is being hosted at Channel Four's Headquarters in London on April 30th. Other speakers include Andy Duncan, Chief Executive of Channel Four and Judy Goldberg, Director of Learning & Development, Discovery Networks (Europe). |
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Leatherhead Food International have chosen Talent 180® to support their annual performance review process. Head Light also provided consulting services to help LFI update their competence framework. This work was was based on Head Light Communications' competence framework, which was tailored to reflect LFI strategy and company values. Find out more about Talent 180 and our competence framework development service. |
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