Talent Management for Small & Medium Size Businesses

Your Best-in-Class lass Solution for Managing Talent alent

application on that supports the future of your business is Choosing a vendor for a company wide software applicati a major decision with little room for mistakes. Once committed, once live, the decision may be reversible but not without considerable impact on resources resources. This is one decision ision that can seriously influence your career. So o how do you make the right decision decision, when investing in Performance & Talent Management software solutions?

SuccessFactors Talent Management suite offers a prominent end-to-end solution, leading the marketplace" IDC
SuccessFactors offers a wide range of solutions specifically developed to address the challenges faced by small and medium ium sized businesses in Europe; built upon the combined experience and best practices of our more than 4.7 million users worldwide and benefitting from the continued product development across our entire talent management suite of appl applications. ications.

How ow to make the right decision

In their Magic Quadrant1Gartner concludes: ... we found that customers typically want to buy new EPM solutions to automate their EPM (Employee P Performance Management) processes, improve the linkage between pay and performance, help support the development of the next generation of leaders in the organization, and/or improve employee/associate retention (and engagement). And a recent interview study of 500 decision makers in companies of all sizes by one of the top three consulting companies in the world, investigated the key concerns among decision makers in today todays environment and concluded that currently the top of mind concerns are are: Understanding and executing strategy Developing staff Motivation and engagement Employee retention

Magic Quadrant for Employee Performance Management, 3 February 2009, Gartner, Jim Holincheck

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Helping you grow your business

y less attention to the actual execution. Most companies focus on the strategic direction, but may pay However, when it comes to execution, is it not just a matter of what, but rather also who executes your strategy? Using the tools available through the SuccessFactors Talent Management suite, more than 2800 companies worldwide identify the strengths and weaknesses of their employees, catalogue their skills and competencies, and nd set goals and objectives that are aligned to the companys overall direction. SuccessFactors offers the market leading tool for managi managing ng and aligning corporate and individual goals and objectives to ensure that the entire organisation ation understands their role and contribution to achieving the overall corporate objectives.

It t is not about fixing a problem, it is about creating the data needed to proactively and reactively take action. action.
Erik Berggren, Senior Director of Customer Results & Global Research - SuccessFactors We will help you and your managers to set goals, monitor performance and set development and strategic objectives as well as evaluate and reward your employees in a clear, consistent language that ensures that apples are compared to apples apples, and both manager and employee understand what is agreed.

We are focused on reducing your costs of ownership, to allow for full flexibility and evolve as your business evolves. High costs and return on investment are top of mind concerns for all, and must be part of making the right ght decision. SuccessFactors is delivered as a Software-as-a a-Service solution where the data and processes are managed in our major datacentres around the world, relieving you of the cost of running the application internally.

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About SuccessFactors
SuccessFactors is the leading provider of on on-demand demand performance and talent management manageme solutions. ations of every size, across every industry and geography, to drive business We enable organisations performance by helping them bridge the strategy and execution gap cultivate top talent optimise their workforce.

ance and Analysts in the Performance Talent Management industry consistently place SuccessFactors as a leader in the market place. And across the board, SuccessFactors has received strong and positive reviews for execution, vision, strategy and a wide range of other analyst criteria. To learn more about what these and other industry analysts think, think,download download one of our thematic white papers ers or listen to our targeted webinars, please visit www.successfactors.eu

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