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Strong talent management has always been a key business objective but in tough economic times it is perhaps more important than ever to safeguard the future of your organisation.
In this podcast Michael Esau, Organisational Business Development Partner for Premier Farnell, a leading electronics distributor, explains how they have used SuccessFactors to create a forward-thinking company culture which focuses on developing and retaining employees. In order to drive the business forward Premier Farnell recognised the importance of implementing a performance management system to give them visibility of all their employees. They are now successfully using succession planning, talent management and other SuccessFactors modules to inform their HR processes and people decisions.
Part 2: Even as the economic downturn bites, good 
In Part 2 of this podcast James Eastwood, Director of HR Shared Services for Cable & Wireless talks about the decision to use a software as a service (SaaS) performance management solution. He explains the need to develop a stronger performance culture and make more informed strategic HR decisions. By implementing SuccessFactors, Cable & Wireless are now able to have visibility across the business of how employees and managers are performing. They have also gained insight as to who has ‘SMART’ objectives and how 
This interview with Lars Dalgaard, CEO of SuccessFactors at the SuccessConnect Europe 2008 Conference focuses on the global economic downturn and it’s effect on the Performance and 
In this 8 minute clip from SuccessConnect Europe 2008 in Paris, Rob Bernshteyn, Global VP of Product Marketing & Management at SuccessFactors discusses the deployment of SaaS applications across Europe. Benefits to being on “the cloud” and how SaaS adoption rates in the UK and Europe differs from the United States.
