CRG Announces Availability of emPerform 4.3 Including tag

Corporate Renaissance Group (CRG), a global provider of innovative solutions that improve business performance and increase effectiveness, announced today the availability of version 4.3 of emPerform, CRG’s online talent management solution.

Since 2004, emPerform’s 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 streamline employee performance management processes; including appraisals, goal management, succession, pay-for-performance, reporting, and peer reviews.

Version 4.3 is emPerform’s latest release and includes significant enhancements to emPerform’s industry-leading offering; including updates to emPerform’s Compensation Manager tool and administrative capabilities, as well as new functionality for capturing and sharing organization-wide performance feedback, emPerform tag™.

The result of a 10 month revision process that included feedback and suggestions from the talent management community, emPerform customers, and CRG Solutions Experts, emPerform 4.3 contains several important enhancements:

• Compa-ratio calculation and recommendation matrix.
• Mandatory options for elements within performance appraisals.
• Enhanced manager assistance tools.
• Unveiling of emPerform tag – real-time performance feedback functionality.

Of the enhancements present in 4.3, emPerform’s unique tag offering stands out the most. “We are excited to offer tag as part of the 4.3 release,” said Dr. Vijay Jog, President and CEO of CRG. “Today’s workforce is looking to use social and accessible tools to facilitate documenting, acknowledging, and assessing employee performance. emPerform tag addresses this need by integrating ongoing feedback directly into performance reviews and talent management processes.”

Version 4.3 is currently available for upgrade to all emPerform customers.

About CRG emPerform
CRG emPerform is an all-inclusive Performance and Talent Management solution, one of many solutions offered by Corporate Renaissance Group (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, reporting and introducing emPerform tag™ for real-time performance feedback. 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.

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

For additional information:
Natalie Trudel
Marketing Communications Specialist
ntrudel[at]employee-performance.com
1-877-711-0367 x252