What are some common pitfalls?

Now that "managing talent" has become a buzzword, companies are scrambling for tools to help them do it - and hearing pitches from a confusing array of vendors selling products and services. How can you be sure that a solution is worth its price?

SuccessFactors' (SaaS) business model means that we've got "skin in the game." Either we earn your business - day after day - by making our customers successful, or those customers just walk away. We've invested millions to develop capabilities, services, and processes to ensure that our solutions don't just work but achieve results.

From working with well over a thousand customers of all sizes and in every industry, we've often been brought into situations that have gone south to help turn them around. Here are some common pitfalls:

Adopting an incomplete solution that fails to account for the big picture or the long view - Take automation. Eliminate paper-based performance reviews and you save time and cost in the short term. Automation alone, however, does not bring bottom-line results. With our , you align individual and company goals, foster ongoing discussions between managers and employees, and incorporate timely behavior-based coaching into management. In other words, you transform the entire review process.

Failing to address all stakeholders - Performance & Talent Management works only when employees at all levels buy in. Those stakeholders need to understand how they will benefit. Executives need results and a high return on investment. Managers need to make their teams more productive without spending a lot of time away from their real jobs. Employees need clearer expectations, a better sense of their value to the company, and visibility to those who make key decisions about their compensation and future opportunities. Our comprehensive solutions address all of those needs.