Author: Mack Talcott

If done right, succession planning is a great way to prepare your workforce and your organization for success in the future. Succession planning is the practice of identifying high-potential employees who will do well in leadership roles and will benefit from additional responsibilities and training. The Succession Planning feature in Trakstar works to confidentially compare…

Many employees and managers alike are not huge fans of the performance appraisal, which can defeat the purpose of giving one. Dissatisfaction with, and perceived unfairness about, the performance appraisal process can have grave implications on employee morale, decreasing engagement and increasing the likelihood of turnover. But, research still maintains that having a properly-constructed review process…

As more and more organizations choose Trakstar, we see an increasing variety in how organizations provide their users access to important applications. Recently, we’ve made major improvements in how users can sign in to Trakstar, and allowed admins more flexibility in implementing alternatives to the standard username and password login, such as single sign-on (“SSO”)….

Need to send an email on a specific date to all Trakstar users? Now you can! We call this feature “Fixed Date Notifications.” –  Send a reminder about internal processes on January 15th. –  Share training dates with all Trakstar users, if you have set a time, on March 12th. –  Send anything you want…

3 Strategies That High-Performing Companies Always Follow Any HR professional can tell you that, in the end, company success comes down to who you hire and how well they perform. But, with so much advice out there, what are some tried-and-true fundamentals for getting the highest performance out of your employees? Below you’ll find three…

Today I want to talk about the dreaded term Rater Bias (cue scary ghost sounds). So what is “Rater Bias”?  And what’s this “real world” you speak of? Rater Bias is a reflection of what it means to be human.  Some managers tend to rate employees in a lenient manner, others in a more strict manner. Remember…