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www.authoria.com - Authoria, Inc. Michael Blaber, 781-530-2102 michael.blaber@authoria.com or CHEN PR, Inc. Danielle DiGiovanni, 781-672-3122 ddigiovanni@chenpr.com Authoria, Inc., the leader in comprehensive talent management solutions, today announced a complimentary webcast that will clarify the role of competencies and performance management in achieving business goals and objectives.
HCA, the nation's leading provider of healthcare services, has integrated market-leading competency libraries
from Development Dimensions International (DDI) with the performance-management capabilities of Authoria Talent Management. Executives from all three companies will discuss how this combination has enabled HCA to more effectively hire, develop, and retain top talent - and contribute to corporate goals of improved patient care, profitability, and growth.
Webcast attendees will learn:
-- How to integrate leadership and functional competencies into their performance-management process
-- Best practices for changing their organization from one that conducts performance appraisals, to one that implements a performance-management culture
-- How competencies and talent management can help their organization achieve its specific goals -0- WHO: John Gering, Central Group Director, Organizational Effectiveness, HCA, Inc.; Bruce Marks, Director of Global Strategic Partnerships, DDI; Nina McIntyre, Senior Vice President of Strategic Talent Management Marketing, Authoria, Inc. WHAT: Webcast: "Don't Just Appraise Performance: Develop It! Lessons Learned from HCA's Integration of Leadership and Functional Competencies" WHEN: Wednesday, September 17, 2008, from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT WHERE: Please visit www.authoria.com/competency to register for this free online event.
This event is the third in the Authoria 2008 Talent Management Webcast Series, which will examine best practices and trends in strategic talent management throughout the year. All attendees will receive a white paper titled Make Talent Count: Talent Management for Progressive HR Executives.
Earlier this year, Authoria announced an expanded partnership with DDI. The collaboration includes embedding DDI's competency libraries within the comprehensive Authoria Talent Management solution, as a core component of the base offering.
About Authoria
Authoria(R) helps the world's most competitive employers achieve superior business results, by optimizing the way they recruit, develop, compensate, retain, and engage top talent. Designed for business managers as well as HR professionals, the company's comprehensive talent management solutions enable more effective recruiting, performance management, compensation management, and succession planning across an organization. Authoria serves more than 300 large organizations and 4 million managers and employees with our on-demand Internet-based solutions. Customer companies include Aetna, Alcon, and Boeing. For more information, visit www.authoria.com.
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HCA and DDI Executives to Describe Business Results of Integrating
Competencies with Performance Management
