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SAP HCM Insights

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The SAP HCM Insights podcast is all about the SAP SuccessFactors and SAP HCM / HXM products, customers, implementations, management and people. Every two weeks we provide insight, commentary, information and discussion from a team of industry experts including Steve Bogner, Becky Murray, Sven Ringling and Brandon Toombs - and the occasional guest. Find out more about the podcast and the team at insightcp.com/insights

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Episodes

  1. Where Are The Chiefs?

    In this podcast we dive into one of the main differences between Employee Central and SAP HCM - the lack of 'chief' positions in EC. If you're not replicating the EC org structure to SAP HCM then this is no big deal - but for those who are, it's a bit of a change in thinking. And processes. And...

  2. Our Favorite H2 2022 Features

    A lot has been said and shared about the SuccessFactors H2 2022 release features. So ... these are a few of our favorite things. Not everything of course, you can see that via the What's New Viewer. And since this is also the end of the year, special mentions go out to all the payroll teams as…

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  3. How to Achieve More Effective SAP SuccessFactors Projects

    How you implement SAP SuccessFactors is critical to achieving the value you want from the project. What can you do to get more value from your project then? We share our tips and advice learned over many years of doing these types of projects. A lot of it comes down to properly resourcing your...

  4. Perspectives (Rants) on SAP SuccessFactors Core Hybrid

    We will blame Brandon Toombs for this one - he wrote a great blog about his experiences with SAP SuccessFactors Core-Hybrid implementation challenges. Steve Bogner, Chris Paine and Luke Marson engaged with it on Twitter and decided we had enough content for a decent (we hope) podcast. So here we...

  5. SuccessConnect Recap - Our Take on a Great Conference

    A lot happened at SuccessConnect this year, and in this podcast we review those things that stood out to us. For more information on the podcast and the team visit us at insightcp.com/insights

  6. Looking Forward to SuccessConnect!

    SuccessConnect is being held Sep 12-14 this year - and we are certainly looking forward to it! In this podcast we share our hopes and expectations for the conference - what will we hear about reporting, payroll and other topics? And what do we hope to hear? Join Steve Bogner, Becky Murray, Sven...

  7. Worst Practices in SAP SuccessFactors Projects

    We've all heard of Best Practices, but it is almost more fun to talk about Worst Practices. So in this podcast we do that - what are some of the bad practices we see in SAP SuccessFactors projects? What are those things that you shouldn't do, but just seem to keep coming up? Honestly we could…

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  8. Core/Hybrid vs EC/ECP - Which Way Is Right For You?

    We debate the merits of Core/Hybrid and EC/ECP, and a few places in-between the two. And typically as consultants our answer is - It depends. Really, it does depend on where you are, where you want to go, what are your priorities, what are your resources and risk profile and more. The good thing…

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  9. Tips For Managing Your SAP SuccessFactors Releases

    Implementing new releases from SAP SuccessFactors requires some thought, planning and effort - and in this podcast Steve Bogner, Becky Murray and Brandon Toombs share their advice and tips for success. We talk about enabling new features, testing strategies and areas to focus on, and landscape...

  10. Highlights From The 1H 2022 SAP SuccessFactors Release

    Our thoughts on the 1H 2022 SAP SuccessFactors release - available in preview 15 April and in production 20 May. Learn more about the changes in the release by browsing the What’s New Viewer here https://bit.ly/3Emfd7u. Learn more about the podcast and the team behind it at insightcp.com/insights

  11. Documentation and Engagement in the SAP SuccessFactors Ecosystem

    Where do you go to learn more about SAP SuccessFactors? How do you engage with other customers or consultants? There are so many choices and avenues for this - we discuss many of them, share our strategies, and express our hope for improvements in the future. Join Steve Bogner, Becky Murray and...

  12. The Employee Experience Journey

    What is Employee Experience and why care about it? How can you approach it before, during and after your SAP SuccessFactors project? Join Steve Bogner, Becky Murray and Sven Ringling to learn about practical approaches to starting and building on efforts to improve employee experience. For more...

  13. All About SAP SuccessFactors Time Tracking

    We dive into Time Tracking with gurus Todd Asevedo and Frans Smolders from SAP. What is it? How does it relate to Time Sheet and Time-off? What are some of the newer features and where is it going? We had a great time talking with Todd and Frans on this topic that is important for so many SAP...

  14. Important SAP SuccessFactors Topics for 2022

    And, we are back! There is a lot going on in the SAP SuccessFactors world but we highlight a few of the ones we think are most important for customers to consider. Steve Bogner, Becky Murray, Sven Ringling and Brandon Toombs discuss the new home page, documentation, people analytics, work zone,...

  15. Getting Value from Core-Hybrid Implementations

    Some companies aren't ready to migrate all HR functions to the cloud with SAP SuccessFactors - and for those, we have Core-Hybrid implementations. Core HR is on the SuccessFactors platform, and other functions such as Time and Payroll remain in the SAP on-premise system. Steve Bogner, Brandon...

  16. All About People Analytics

    Let’s talk about People Analytics with Mike Hoekstra of GP Strategies and author of the SAP Press book “Introducing HR Reporting with SAP SuccessFactors People Analytics.” Steve Bogner, Luke Marson and Chris Wilpert join to talk with Mike about how customers can get started with SAP…

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  17. How to Improve Your Project - Now and After Go-Live

    No project is perfect - so what are some real steps and actions you can take to improve your SuccessFactors EC and EC Payroll projects? We have ideas for that! Join Steve Bogner, Amy Grubb, Sven Ringling, Brandon Toombs, Luke Marson, Mark Ingram, Martin Gillet and Becky Murray to learn more. And...

  18. Insights Into The Product Development Process

    The SAP HCM Insights team (insightcp.com/insights) talks with Imran Sajid at SAP on how ideas and enhancements are evaluated and integrated into the SAP SuccessFactors products. It's a bit more complicated - and thorough - than one might assume. Join Steve Bogner, Amy Grubb, Sven Ringling and...

  19. SAP's New Time Tracking Product

    SAP SuccessFactors is releasing a new cloud-based Time Management product, over and above what is standard with Time Off in the EC product. It’s an exciting release, so we got together with Todd Asevedo and Paul Meredith - the Time gurus at SAP SuccessFactors - to dig into more details and better...

  20. What's New in 2H2020 SuccessFactors

    We review some of our favorite new features in the 2H2020 release of SuccessFactors on the SAP HCM Insights podcast at insightcp.com/insights. Join Steve Bogner, Brandon Toombs, Mark Ingram and Sven Ringling as they share information, viewpoints and opinions on this and more. Listen here or...

  21. The Growing Role of SAP's Identity Authentication System

    In this podcast at insightcp.com/insights we welcome Chris Paine to talk with us about SAP's Identity Authentication System (IAS). Chris, Brandon Toombs, Mark Ingram and Steve Bogner talk about what it does, why it's needed and how customers can benefit from it. It's growing in importance and we...

  22. Employee Central Payroll - Lift and Shift or Reimplement?

    Welcome to the SAP HCM Insights podcast! To see more episodes and subscribe to our podcast see insightcp.com/insights . Since Employee Central Payroll (ECP) is built on the same platform as SAP's on-premise payroll, there are a number of tools that will lift your configuration and data from…

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  23. A SuccessFactors Conversation With Meg Bear

    We had a great discussion with Meg Bear (head of product at SAP SuccessFactors) about a variety of things - new features in the H1 2020 release, how new feature requests are evaluated, what's in store for SuccessConnect this year and more! Meg is leading a lot of great work there and we are glad…

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  24. The SAP App Center and COVID-19 Topics

    Kim Lessley from SAP SuccessFactors talks with the podcast team - Steve Bogner, Mark Ingram, Luke Marson and Martin Gillet - about the SAP App Center. What is in it? How does it work? How can Partners get involved? We also talk about the impact COVID-19 is having on customers and consultancies.…

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  25. Impact of COVID-19 On SAP SuccessFactors Community

    Join Steve Bogner, Luke Marson, Becky Murray, Sven Ringling, Martin Gillet and Mark Ingram to learn more about the impact of COVID-19 they are seeing on the SAP SuccessFactors community. There are free extensions availabel to help companies track information and report on the impact of COVID-19…

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  26. Latest SAP SuccessFactors Research With AJ Whalen

    We talk about the latest research and thoughts on SAP SuccessFactors with AJ Whalen, Senior Research Analyst at SAP Insider. Join Steve Bogner, Becky Murray and Martin Gillet to learn more about SAP Insider and their research. More details and links mentioned in the show at insightcp.com/insights

  27. SuccessConnect 2019 Recap

    Steve Bogner, Becky Murray and Brandon Toombs review their experience at SAP SuccessFactors SuccessConnect 2019 Las Vegas, We talk about payroll, analytics, the new HXM replacing HCM, on-boarding and more. This one was recorded live, in-person - we hope you enjoy it! For more information on the...

  28. Looking Forward to SuccessConnect

    Join Steve Bogner, Luke Marson, Becky Murray and Brandon Toombs to learn what they are looking forward to at SuccessConnect 2019 in Las Vegas. We talk about Benefits, Onboarding, Picklist migration, People Analytics, S/4HANA integration, XML to MDF migration, details on Qualtrix and Payroll. How...

  29. Finding the right implementation partner - and managing them

    How can you find the right implementation partner for your SAP SuccessFactors HCM project? What are some good ways to manage your partners through an implementation project? Well, we have some advice and tips on that! Join Steve Bogner, Martin Gillet, Amy Grubb and Sven Ringling as they discuss...

  30. How to make your SAP SuccessFactors projects more successful

    What can you do to have a more successful SAP SuccessFactors implementation? Our podcast team has some great advice! Join Steve Bogner, Martin Gillet, Luke Marson, Jarret Pazahanick and Brandon Toombs to learn about tips and methods to make your project more successful. See us at...

  31. SuccessConnect London 2019, Analytics, EC Time and More

    SuccessConnect London 2019, changes in Analytics, EC Time and tweaks to the conference format are all covered in this podcast from Steve Bogner, Luke Marson, Sven Ringling and special guest Kim Lessley of SAP Successfactors. Subscribe on Soundcloud, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher or at the main...

  32. SAPPHIRE and Qualtrics

    Earlier this year SAP acquired Qualtrics, a firm that specializes in experience management (XM) software. The hope is that combining the experience management expertise in Qualtrics with all the operational data generated by customers’ SAP system produces valuable insights into employees and...

  33. HR Innovations and the State of SAP On-Premise HCM

    In this podcast (lost in the editing room for a while) we review the new HR Innovations conference presented by SAP Insider, focused for the most part on SAP HCM on-premise customers. Steve Bogner, Martin Gillet, Danielle Larocca, Jeremy Masters, Becky Murray and Mike Timm talk about the...

  34. Staying up to date - And more

    We share our tips and practices for staying up to date with all the changes in the industry, as well as the upcoming HR Innovations conference and Raven Intel's new report on HCM Implementation Myth and Facts. And cat yoga, and goat yoga. Join Steve Bogner, Becky Murray, Brandon Toombs and Sven...

  35. New Kronos Partnership - And Our Favorite 2019 Topics

    We explain the new SAP-Kronos partnership and what it means for customers, and we discuss our favorite SAP SuccessFactors topics for 2019. Join Steve Bogner, Martin Gillet, Amy Grubb, Luke Marson, Jarret Pazahanick and Brandon Toombs to hear about all this and more. Subscribe here or at iTunes,...

  36. SAP HCM Insights 4-Way

    This is our SAP SuccessFactors HCM Four Way* - SAP CoPilot (Luke Marson), Diversity (Sven Ringling), Project Duration (Brandon Toombs), and Employee Central Payroll (Steve Bogner). Feel free to share your thoughts on the podcast at insightcp.com/insights or at our SAP HCM Insights LinkedIn group.

  37. Finding your HCM partner - Our interview with Raven Intel

    Raven Intel aims to help businesses find the Cloud HCM implementation partner that is right for them, that will do a good job. Sort of like Yelp for Cloud HCM implementation firms. Steve Bogner and Amy Grubb interview the founders: Bonnie Tinder and Michelle Davies. We talk about their mission…

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  38. SuccessConnect 2018 Recap

    Steve Bogner, Luke Marson, Jarret Pazahanick and Brandon Toombs recap SuccessConnect in this latest SAP HCM Insights podcast. We talk about a number of different things – the lack of a payroll announcement, is support getting better or worse, SAP Analytics Cloud, Personal Digital Assistant, the...

  39. Review of the SAP SuccessFactors Analyst Conference 2018

    We review the 2018 SAP SuccessFactors analyst conference. We talk about SuccessFactors leadership, guardrails, the march to the common SAP technology stack, and what's in this for SAP HCM on-premise customers - among other things. Discover more about the podcast and the team at...

  40. SAP SuccessFactors Support with Jodi Hayes-Roth

    Join us as we discuss the latest in SAP SuccessFactors support with Jodi Hayes-Roth, VP of Global Cloud HCM Support. We discuss support methods and practices, how they are changing and growing in response to and in support of the growth in the SAP SuccessFactors customer base, the challenges and...

  41. Reflect on 2017 and Hope for 2018 - Part 2

    In our year-end podcast we reflect on what stood out for us in 2017 and how we want to see that change or improve in 2018. Joining me were Amy Grubb, Brandon Toombs, Luke Marson and Jarret Pazahanick. It turned out to be a lengthy discussion so we present it here in two parts: Part 1 is all about...

  42. Reflect on 2017 and Hope for 2018 - Part 1

    In our year-end podcast we reflect on what stood out for us in 2017 and how we want to see that change or improve in 2018. Joining me were Amy Grubb, Brandon Toombs, Luke Marson and Jarret Pazahanick. It turned out to be a lengthy discussion so we present it here in two parts: Part 1 is all about...

  43. GDPR for HR - The New Data Protection Regulation

    GDPR is the General Data Protection Regulation, defining data protection requirements for the Europen Union. Going into force n May 25, 2018, it will generally impact HR for any company in the EU or that has information on EU citizens. So this is a pretty big deal for many companies using SAP or...

  44. SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting Update

    Let's talk about SAP SF Recruiting - what's new, what's improved, what are the trends? Steve Bogner is joined by Amy Grubb, Sven Ringling and Mark Ingram for this one - we hope you find it a useful, exciting and rewarding use of your time. Well, useful at least. Check out more SAP HCM Insights...

  45. SuccessConnect 2017 Las Vegas Recap

    Here is our recap of the SAP SuccessFactors 2017 Las Vegas conference. Steve Bogner, Brandon Toombs, Amy Grubb and Jarret Pazahanick talk about the conference and what it means for customers and consultants: what were customers saying? Is the move to EC accelerating? What about the new leadership...

  46. Employee Central Implementation Challenges & Solutions

    We’re back! After taking a short break Steve Bogner and the SAP HCM Insights podcast team are back to talk about SAP and SuccessFactors HCM. In this episode Steve is joined by Luke Marson, Amy Grubb and Brandon Toombs to talk about common challenges in Employee Central projects and how to handle...

  47. Ideas on structuring your cloud HCM support model

    In this podcast the team talk about how support models differ for SuccessFactors and cloud compared to on-premise. Is there an ideal support model? How do roles and responsibilities change for HR, IT and Finance? How does a company’s relationship with consulting partners and outsourcing firms...

  48. Governance and Change Management With SAP SuccessFactors HCM

    Governance and change management are as important as ever with SAP SuccessFactors HCM. Just because it's cloud software doesn't mean you can dial back on these things - in fact, we feel they might be more important than in the on-premise days (quarterly releases!). Join Steve Bogner, Brandon...

  49. The Myth of the Talent Shortage - With Jon Reed

    Jon Reed of Diginomica joins us for this discussion on the myth of the talent shortage. We hear it all the time - there is a talent shortage. But is there really? Or is it that employers are not creative enough in their search for talent? Maybe there are other factors at work - listen in an let…

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  50. All about Payroll

    This one is all about payroll in SAP and SuccessFactors - on-premise payroll, Employee Central Payroll and Managed Payroll. We also talk about Payroll Control Center, Time Evaluation and the choices customer faces with all this. Joining Steve Bogner on this podcast is Robert Moeller, the Employee...

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The SAP HCM Insights podcast is all about the SAP SuccessFactors and SAP HCM / HXM products, customers, implementations, management and people. Every two weeks we provide insight, commentary, information and discussion from a team of industry experts including Steve Bogner, Becky Murray, Sven Ringling and Brandon Toombs - and the occasional guest. Find out more about the podcast and the team at insightcp.com/insights

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