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Drive faster growth with integrated employee experience tools

Insights from Microsoft’s latest Work Trend Index report below show that employee wellbeing, establishing a culture of learning and empowering teams to do meaningful work need to be the top priorities for today’s business leaders.

This is why at Microsoft, we believe success begins with people, and employees thrive when they feel a sense of purpose at work. Energised and empowered employees will give organizations a competitive edge amidst times of change and uncertainty.

Chris Rainey, HR Leaders podcast, is joined by Fiona Carney of Microsoft and Richard Gregory of Avanade, discussing how Microsoft are using people-focused technology for business acceleration, ending ‘productivity paranoia’, embracing the fact that people come into the office for each other and re-recruiting your employees.

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