JK Moving Services Selects CRG emPerform to Automate Employee Performance Management

Corporate Renaissance Group (CRG), a global provider of innovative solutions that improve business performance and increase effectiveness, announced today that JK Moving Services, a global relocation services provider and the third largest independent mover in the U.S., has selected CRG emPerform to automate employee performance management.

emPerform is CRG’s all-inclusive talent management solution that automates core talent management processes including; employee appraisals, goal management, succession planning, and pay-for-performance initiatives. JK Moving will use emPerform to streamline and sync employee evaluations, credentials tracking, and career planning for over 500 employees spread across the United States.

The decision to choose emPerform came after evaluating several other vendors. “The demo made the decision for me”, said Andrea Bunch, Vice President of JK Moving Services. “The ease-of-use and ability to replicate and enhance what we’re now doing manually was particularly appealing”.

JK Moving was looking for an online solution that was flexible enough to incorporate their current standards and processes and powerful enough to enhance employee development and engagement. “Both managers and employees need the right tools to make responsible decisions about performance, talent management, and progression ladders” explained Bunch. “Employees want to be empowered to do more within their career and this product will enable us to establish the benchmarks and progressions we need”.

“We are thrilled to welcome JK Moving Services as an emPerform customer”, said Kevin Lennie, Senior Sales Manager for emPerform. “One of the challenges facing companies with a geographically dispersed workforce is the ability to standardize evaluations and make the process convenient, easy-to-use, and accessible to end-users. By automating JK’s processes, emPerform will enable the accessibility and standardization needed for employee development and business decision making”.

JK Moving Services will implement the newest version of emPerform – version 4.0. This version was recently made available and includes customer-driven enhancements and upgrades, including a re-designed user interface.

About JK Moving Services

For over 30 years, JK Moving Services has provided local, long distance, and international relocation services to a variety of commercial, residential, and government clients. Headquartered in Sterling, Virginia, the company maintains a full-time, professionally trained staff of relocation and move management experts committed to providing the highest level of customer care. For more information, visit: http://www.jkmoving.com/  

About Corporate Renaissance Group

Corporate Renaissance Group is a global provider of innovative business solutions that improve business performance and increase efficiency. CRG is a member of the Microsoft Partner Network headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, with offices throughout Canada, South Africa, India and the United States. For more information, visit www.crgroup.com.

CRG emPerform is an all-inclusive Performance and Talent Management solution, one of many solutions offered by CRG. This all-in-one suite includes robust functionality to simplify and automate core talent management processes, including: performance appraisals, compensation management, 360 degree multi-rater feedback, succession planning and one of the most powerful and flexible reporting and analytics tools available. CRG emPerform has a diverse customer base within sectors that include professional services, not for profits, healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, hospitality and the public sector. For more information, visit www.employee-performance.com

For additional information:
Natalie Trudel
Marketing Communications Specialist
CRG emPerform
ntrudel@employee-performance.com
613-232-4295 x252

CRG emPerform Partners with Management Education Group Inc.

Corporate Renaissance Group (CRG), a global provider of innovative solutions that improve business performance and increase effectiveness, announced today that it has partnered with Management Education Group Inc., an Arizona-based consulting firm that provides valuable step-by-step programs and facilitation services for public sector leaders. The alliance between the two firms stemmed from the successful execution of joint industry webinars, including ‘Conducting Painless Performance Evaluations’ which was broadcasted via HR.com in June of 2011 and attracted over 1,000 HR professionals. 

Feedback from webinar attendees and from customers made it clear that aligning both offerings would significantly increase value for existing and future customers. By leveraging individual credibility and presence in the market space, emPerform and the Management Education Group can offer HR professionals and leaders everywhere the ability to learn AND apply best-practices. 

This partnership gives customers and contacts direct access to two proven and trusted industry solutions. emPerform’s all-inclusive talent management software offers practical applications that the Management Education Group teaches to leaders; such as automated appraisals, goal alignment, succession planning, and compensation management. emPerform customers benefit from having priority access to Management Education Group’s offerings, including a direct connection to principal consultant, Marnie Green - HR leader, speaker, and award-winning author. 

“Marnie Green and the Management Education Group were an ideal fit for emPerform” said Doug Hum, Director of Marketing and Partner Relations for CRG. “Marnie is a dynamic and personable speaker whose anecdotal teaching style and experience-driven industry perspective offers audiences the chance to effortlessly grasp and apply proven leadership and management techniques. We feel it is important to align ourselves with HR thought-leaders and organizations offering complementary services and offerings – like Marnie Green and the Management Education Group. We are thrilled to offer our client base the ability to access trusted professionals who can effectively teach the applications that emPerform executes.”

“I chose to align my work with CRG emPerform because they offer an integrated talent management system that allows my clients to implement the best practices that I teach” said Marnie Green, Principal Consultant and owner of Management Education Group. “In particular, emPerform’s goal alignment feature allows individual employee goals to be directly linked to organizational strategy.  Working with emPerform enhances my ability to provide a comprehensive performance management solution to my clients.”

emPerform and Management Education Group are planning another Webinar on August 30^th as part of HR.com’s IHR Virtual Conference. The Webinar is entitled ‘Using SMAART Goals to Painlessly Manage Employee Performance’ and registration for this online event is free on the HR.com website. Previously recorded webinars are also available on the emPerform website: www.employee-performance.com/webinars.html#archived

About Management Education Group

The Management Education Group, Inc., is an Arizona-based provider of consulting, training, and facilitation services that develop high-performing public sector leaders. Government agencies, special districts, and educational institutions rely on the Management Education Group, Inc. to provide innovative leadership strategies that support their leaders. For more information visit www.managementeducationgroup.com

Marnie Green, Management Education Group Inc. Principal Consultant, is the author of Painless Performance Evaluations: A Practical Approach to Managing Day-to-Day Employee Performance, published by Pearson/Prentice Hall. The book has been honored with a Glyph Award for Best Business/Career Book and was a finalist in the management category of the Best Books USA Awards.

About Corporate Renaissance Group

Corporate Renaissance Group is a global provider of innovative business solutions that improve business performance and increase efficiency. CRG is a member of the Microsoft Partner Network headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, with offices throughout Canada, South Africa, India and the United States. For more information, visit www.crgroup.com.

CRG emPerform is an all-inclusive Performance and Talent Management solution, one of many solutions offered by CRG. This all-in-one suite includes robust functionality to simplify and automate core talent management processes, including: performance appraisals, compensation management, 360 degree multi-rater feedback, succession planning and one of the most powerful and flexible reporting and analytics tools available. CRG emPerform has a diverse customer base within sectors that include professional services, not for profits, healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, hospitality and the public sector. For more information, visit www.employee-performance.com

For additional information:

Natalie Trudel

Marketing Communications Specialist

CRG emPerform

ntrudel@employee-performance.com

613-232-4295 x252

CRG Relies on Customer Feedback for Version 4.0 of emPerform

Corporate Renaissance Group (CRG), a global provider of innovative solutions that improve business performance and increase effectiveness, announced today the availability of version 4.0 of emPerform, CRG’s all- inclusive performance and talent management solution. Version 4.0 is the latest release and includes significant enhancements; including a completely re-designed user interface, multi-user administration capabilities, and substantial improvements to compensation management functionality.

emPerform 4.0 was first debuted to crowds of excited customers and expo visitors in June 2011 at the Annual SHRM Conference in Las Vegas. “After the feedback we received at SHRM, we couldn’t wait for the commercial availability of version 4.0” said John Smith, Director of Enterprise Business Solutions at CRG.

“This is our most exciting release to date”, said Vijay Jog, President and CEO of CRG. “We used customer feedback and thorough product analysis to further enhance our offerings in order to empower managers and HR professionals to become performance management experts. Also, the new user interface is aimed at transforming the end-user experience and making the system even easier to use”.

This release further solidifies emPerform’s commitment to delivering simple and effective employee performance management technology to organizations seeking to properly align, develop, reward, and retain their top performers.

“Enhancements present in 4.0 were driven by customer feedback and user requests”, said Trish Mermuys, Head of Support and Implementations for emPerform. “Making emPerform as simple and as user friendly as possible for customers is our highest priority and will continue to be a key factor in prioritizing product development initiatives”.

“It is really excellent to see changes implemented into the product based on the feedback that we provide”, said Denise Shower, emPerform customer and HR Generalist for Community Health Partnership. “emPerform is great at listening and responding to our needs and this release clearly demonstrates that”.

Since 2004, emPerform has been a fierce competitor in the HR technology and talent management solution market space. Its all-inclusive offering, ease-of-use, multi-lingual capabilities and value-focused pricing model has allowed the product to expand globally into a variety of industries seeking to automate and improve employee performance management. 

About Corporate Renaissance Group
Corporate Renaissance Group is a global provider of innovative business solutions that improve business performance and increase efficiency. CRG is a member of the Microsoft Partner Network headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, with offices throughout Canada, South Africa, India and the United States. For more information, visit www.crgroup.com

CRG emPerform is an all-inclusive Performance and Talent Management solution, one of many solutions offered by CRG. This all-in-one suite includes robust functionality to simplify and automate core talent management processes, including: performance appraisals, compensation management, 360 degree multi-rater feedback, succession planning and one of the most powerful and flexible reporting and analytics tools available. CRG emPerform has a diverse customer base within sectors that include professional services, not for profits, healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, hospitality and the public sector. For more information, visit www.employee-performance.com

For additional information:
Natalie Trudel
Marketing Communications Specialist
CRG emPerform
ntrudel@employee-performance.com
613-232-4295 x252s