What are some common pitfalls?

Selecting a vendor that has your best interest at heart

Now that "managing talent" has become a buzzword, companies are scrambling for tools to help them do it . Hearing pitches from an array of vendors selling products and services can be quite confusing. How can you be sure that a solution is right for you and that the vendor is focused on ensuring your success?

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. In the last 6 years we've invested millions to develop capabilities, services, and processes to ensure that our solutions don't just work but achieve results. Not only that, we continue to build more capabilities for you to turn on when you are ready - as often as every month. Updates are included in the subscription price you are paying. The application you start with will evolve with you at your speed, and you will always be working with the most current version, so there are no upgrades required. With our business model, your success really is our success, and we have hundreds of employees committed to getting you results.We help you avoid common pitfalls, like:

Adopting an incomplete solution that fails to account for the big picture or the long-term 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 Performance & Talent Management technologies, 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.