All About HR - #2.23 - Total Wellbeing & Rewards: How Microsoft Does It

What is total well-being and how can HR implement it?🔋
Welcome to another exciting episode of All About HR! This is the series for HR Professionals and business leaders who want to future-proof their organization and learn about the latest trends & insights from industry experts, CHROs, and thought leaders. 🚀
How do you navigate the Human Energy Crisis? 🪫 In this episode of All About HR season 2, we sit down with Kristen Roby Dimlow - Corporate VP of Total Rewards and Performance at Microsoft - to discuss how to build a holistic and inclusive benefits plan to reward and support your employees 🌱
Kristen is an experienced Human Resources Executive who started in Finance. She has strong experience with HR, Organizational Effectiveness, and Comp & Ben (including Executive Comp).
In this video, we’ll discuss:
👉 The Human Energy Crisis
👉 Total well-being and holistic benefits
👉 6 skills for rewards professionals of the future
0:00 - Rewards is like an orchestra
00:30 - Introduction
2:25 - The Human Energy Crisis
3:26 - Microsoft’s 6 pillars to address this crisis
4:00 - Holistic & inclusive benefits
4:47 - Helping leaders & managers
5:27 - Building supportive teams
5:42 - Career planning
6:24 - Giving flexibility
7:25 - Making this a success takes a village (and not just HR)
8:09 - The multi-generational workforce: serving up benefits at the right time
10:28 - Making healthcare acceptable & accessible
12:16 - Why Microsoft distinguishes between wellbeing and mental health
14:32 - A day in the life of a VP Total Rewards & Performance
18:08 - Kristen’s advice to people starting out in the Rewards space
21:15 - Rewards as a lever to push D&I and sustainability
22:52 - The value of Rewards in the future of work
23:36 - How Microsoft defines performance
25:19 - Skilling people for the future & skills-based pay
27:43 - 6 Relevant skills for the Rewards professionals of the future
30:27 - The biggest cliché about HR is that they like people
32:00 - HR has been put at the center
Watch the full episode to learn how a holistic approach to rewards and benefits can help your organization weather a crisis. ☔
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