November 6, 2017
Partnering with Workday Partnerships are a big part of why companies grow and find success. We love talking about our partnership with Workday - why? Because it's brought success and benefit to our joint customers. We work with Workday to ensure that the needs of clients are met with the quality they expect. As we Prepare for Workday Rising Four years in, Dovetail maintains our Certified Solution Partner status with Workday, as it has brought us the opportunity to continually learn what it means to be a Workday partner, and evolve as necessary. This partnership is about service, true customer and partner service, and what that means to us and our clients. Dovetail shared what we do best, provide an intuitive product that serves HR Practitioners and eases their processes, at the Workday Rising EU in Barcelona in November of…
A Good Partnership Matters
November 6, 2017
Partnering with Workday Partnerships are a big part of why companies grow and find success. We love talking about our partnership with Workday - why? Because it's brought success and benefit to our joint customers. We work with Workday to ensure that the needs of clients are met with the quality they expect. As we Prepare for Workday Rising Four years in, Dovetail maintains our Certified Solution Partner status with Workday, as it has brought us the opportunity to continually learn what it means to be a Workday partner, and evolve as necessary. This partnership is about service, true customer and partner service, and what that means to us and our clients. Dovetail shared what we do best, provide an intuitive product that serves HR Practitioners and eases their processes, at the Workday Rising EU in Barcelona in November of…
September 18, 2015
Lessons of Partnership One of the most important lessons I have learned over the last several years while working for and with HR technology companies has been the importance of establishing and maintaining partnership relationships. Interestingly enough, some of my best friends in life have come as the result of creating a business / vendor relationship or working partnership. Loyalty Pays Off I have have been known to be a pretty loyal partner - I have worked with individuals and organizations for years and even brought new partners to the table to enrich a project but there have also been times when I have held the speaker high, by myself, and just proclaimed the good work of a partner/friend or my own organization. There is a right time for each approach. Today I Shout for Workday Two years in the…
September 8, 2015
"Look For Vendors..." Not too long ago, I read Starr Conspiracy’ blog post titled “The ADP and Zenefits Kerfuffle, part 2: 5 Lessons for HR Technology Customers and Vendors” from HR Tech analyst and go-to market expert George LaRocque. A great point was shared which continues to stick with me today: “Look for vendors that support their integrations like a product – not a service.” Sound Advice This is sound advice to the HR Technology buyer. Not only because buyers don't want what happened to Zenefits customers to happen to them, but also to consider these 5 reasons partner-built integrations are a sound investment Technology Stack - A supported partner integration has been built with both parties being involved. This means their technology stack has been understood by both sides, and the integration is working within the boundaries of their…