Employee engagement is key, and it depends on a handful of factors. While not an exhaustive list, some of these key factors include providing effective ongoing training and learning opportunities, empowering employees to manage and advance their careers, listening to and treating them well, communicating clearly about issues that affect them and nurturing a corporate culture that values inclusion and belonging.

HR leaders also know that cloud solutions can transform how employees work and can enable employee engagement initiatives. In the PwC US Cloud Business Survey, more than half (55%) say the biggest potential impact of cloud on their business are changes to processes and ways of working. Specific HR benefits cited in a recent PwC HR tech survey include increased employee engagement, greater control for HR teams, productivity improvements and cost savings.

As with any move to cloud, migrating legacy systems to cloud-based ones typically requires rethinking your people strategy. Developing the right people strategies combined with tech solutions and unique collaborative experiences can help create a workforce nimble enough for whatever the future holds.

By updating outdated HR applications and intelligently connecting technology to business processes to your people, human resources can evolve and become a vital component of a truly intelligent enterprise. SAP SuccessFactors cloud-based HXM Suite, for example, can help companies better understand what employees need, how they work and what motivates them. We know that employees who feel prepared, connected and empowered to do their work are more engaged and more likely to stay with a company longer and serve as ambassadors and evangelists for the brand. Cloud-based talent management platforms offer the flexibility and scalability businesses need in today’s ever-evolving labor market.

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