It's all about Accountability Volume 3 Winter 2009
Referral Sale

Between January and June 2009, we're running a special promotion.  Send us a referral of someone you think could benefit from enCV, and we'll do our best to further than relationship in our trademark professional manner.  If that referral develops into a sale, we'll give you two tickets to anywhere WestJet flies!
Upcoming Training
Your next opportunity to attend an enCV training session is on March 4 6, 2009 at the Banff Centre in Banff, Alberta.  Our featured guest speaker will be Kelly Schmidt of the Saskatchewan Gaming Commission.  Kelly will talk about her experience in implementing enCV with her organization.  To register, see our website or contact Client Relations for more details.
LGAA Trade Show
The Local Government Administration Association (LGAA) will hold it's annual conference and trade show on Mar 18-20 in Red Deer, AB.  enCompassing Visions will be there on Mar 18.  Drop by our booth and say hello!
Alberta's Top 40 Employers
The Top 40 Employers in Alberta were announced in November, and we were proud to see three of our clients on this list - Agriculture Finance Services Corp (AFSC), Calgary Lab Services, and WestJet.  It was nice to see our clients recognized for their innovative approaches to HR.  Congratulations!
Post-Performance Debrief
If you are an enCV client, chances are good your performance review period is winding down.  For some organizations this is a lengthy process, and if it's your first time using enCV, it can be a great learning experience too!  If you are interested, enCV would be happy to lead you through a short debrief of your experience.  We can give you tips on improving the process for next year, as well as receive valuable feedback from you and your employees.  Contact Client Relations for more details.
Did you know?
You can import information from existing systems into enCompassing Visions?  This can be done as a one-time transfer or on a regular basis, making it easy to keep your information up to date.  Contact us for more information.
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Integrated Talent Management Reception

On February 26, 2009, enCompassing Visions is pleased to be hosting a reception at the Metropolitan Centre in Calgary. The guest speaker will be Ferio Pugliese, Executive Vice-President, People at WestJet. Ferio is a 2008 recipient of the Caldwell Partners Top 40 Under 40, and WestJet has recently been named one of Albertas Top 40 Employers. Ferio has used enCompassing Visions to bring his vision of Integrated Talent Management to organizations throughout his career - including now at WestJet and will share his insights and approach. We look forward to seeing old and new friends at this event. Learn more about Ferio and other event details on our website.  Please contact us if you would like to receive an invitation.
Welcome to our new clients!

We're proud to introduce to you our most recent client!

ELCAN Optical Technologies Ltd.

Welcome to our new alliances!

We're very happy to welcome these excellent companies as our most recent alliances!

Executive Source Partners

Vital Benefits Inc.

Western Sky Creative

 
Version 9.0

The latest and greatest is coming in March - version 9.0!  We have a whole new version number for a whole new way of looking at enCompassing Visions.  Weve updated our login screen and simplified our main menu. There are new screens and new reports as well.  All of these changes were made to make it as easy as possible for you to find what you are looking for and as efficient as possible to get the job done.  And this is just the start!  Well be doing much more in 2009 to wow you all over again in Spring 2010.  Details about the upcoming release will be coming soon so administrators - watch your inbox!

  

Dear Doug

Q:  Weve just finished our performance review process using the Competency review.  It went really well, but wed like to evaluate employees on how they complete their goals, not just on their behaviours.  What do you recommend?
A:   The Competency review is a great way to evaluate how an employee does his job.  In order to review what he accomplishes, you should use Work Plans along with the Competency review.  Work Plans can be set for each employee and can be connected to goals for his department, as well as linking to organizational goals.  The Work Plan review can include business objectives as well as professional development objectives for the year.  For more information on using the Work Plan function, contact Client Relations.  
Succession Planning

The December issue of the HRAC Perspective magazine focused on the theme of Succession Planning.  enCompassing Visions and Executive Source Partners contributed two articles to this issue, highlighting ways that organizations can use succession planning to engage and retain valuable employees.  Read these and other articles on our website.

 

Your Integrated Talent Management Solution

enCompassing Visions is a web-based software system that enables organizations to efficiently integrate, objectively measure and directly align human resource management activities with corporate culture, financial objectives and strategic goals.

If you are interested in arranging a demo of our software, please contact us.
Quote of the day

"Our mission statement about treating people with respect and dignity is not just words but a creed we live by every day. You can't expect your employees to exceed the expectations of your customers if you don't exceed the employees' expectations of management."

Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks

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