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HR executives share their experience in human resources
SuccessFactors, a SAP company, is a leading provider of cloud-based business execution software, delivering business alignment, team execution, people performance, and learning management solutions to organizations of all sizes across more than 60 industries. Today, the company has more than 3,500 customers in more than 168 countries and spanning 35 languages.
Thomas Volkert is director Business HR, EMEA at SuccessFactors. With experience of building HR teams and structures in Europe, China, Australia and Japan, Volkert utilizes his 20 years plus of HR expertise and knowledge on talent and performance management to bring a strong and clear direction to the company's HR global structure. He relishes the challenge ofworking with a company like SuccessFactors, with its dynamic global growth and acquisitive nature.
The trends impacting HR
"For many organizations,201 1 was about survival," says Thomas Volkert. "Boom times allow for flexibility. Bad times demand delivery on performance. The weak economy has put talent management center stage with a return to fundamentals and more stringency for managing by objectives."
He continues: "It might have been a painful time for some, but it's...