Gaining a people advantage

Companies voted “best
companies” perform

2x better

more than
than the general marketplace.

Your people are your
most competitive asset

It all adds up to cumulative

3x better

success
than the market average.

Companies
typically have

1/2 the

voluntary
turnover of
their
competitors.
Driving the business of the business
How we think about HR
These must
be engaged…

Great hires

Great
company

Loyal
customers

Great job

Great
leaders

Sustainable
growth

Great
employees

Great
managers

Real profit
increase

…to reliably
influence
these
At Microsoft, we know that great people drive our
business success

So we strive to create an environment where employees feel empowered and inspired

Culture

Talent

Defined and vibrant culture identified
by high level of engagement by
employees, flexibility, and an inclusive
work environment

Global and diverse workforce that
supports the expanding needs of our
businesses

Leadership

Management

Leaders who define and drive the next
generation of opportunity for the
company

Managers who deliver on our people
and business agenda

Fortune’s 100 Best Companies 2013
Best Workplace in Europe 2012
World's Best Multinational Workplaces 2012
Best Large Company in Ireland 2012
India’s Most Attractive Employer 2013
Great Place to Work Austria 2012
Top 50 Employers for 2012 Equal
Opportunity Magazine
Top 3 Best Corporate Citizens for 2012
Corporate Responsibility Magazine

4
Building the modern HR …
HR plays a more
strategic role in
business
performance.

Competition for
talent drives a
more analytical
approach.

Globalization
requires a more
innovative
approach to HR.

Multigenerational
workforce
demands more
flexible
workstyles.

Employee
collaboration
becomes even
more critical to
corporate
effectiveness.

... requires embracing today‘s transformational trends
Transformational trends
“HR should
respect its
heritage, but
shape a future.”

Today’s trends have changed the way in
which everyone, including HR professionals,
think and do their work

Source: The RBL Group, 2012 HR Competency Model

Mobility

Social

Data

Cloud, Apps,
Devices
Modern HR
Build a modern
corporate
culture

Unlock HR
potential for
business impact

• Increase
productivity with
self-service portal
• Give employees
skills they need to
compete
• Modernize your
communications to
improve reach

• Tie talent strategies
to corporate
strategies
• Translate workforce
data into insight
business leaders
can act on
• Optimize your
human capital
investments

Embrace
innovation
• Make workplace
innovation
“business as usual”

“HR should sit at the table … helping the business leaders do
things that will help their companies be successful.”

David Ulrich, Forbes
7
Build a modern corporate culture
• Increase productivity with self-service portal
• Give employees the new skills they need to compete
• Modernize your communications to improve reach
Increase productivity with a self-service portal
Create smooth and efficient human resources processes that give employees easy to use tools

Your industry requires
safety and skill-based
certifications for a large
percentage of your field
employees.

Traditionally, a lot of time
was spent tracking and
maintaining the
certification status of
individual employees.

By using a SharePoint
self-service HR portal,
employees and managers
can view certification,
license, and training
requirements and
renewals assigned to
them.

Employees
increasingly
expect more
integrated
digital
interactions
with HR.
Society for Human Resource Management,
“Future Insights”
Retailer uses SharePoint internal portal to engage
diverse workforce

Objectives

Tactics

Results

• Engage a diverse workforce and
business units more efficiently and
for less cost.
• Improve key performance indicators.
• Comply with new legislation around
benefits.

Deploy SharePoint
collaboration platform
to improve processes
and communications
among 8,000 staff in
the United Kingdom.

Harrods expects to save around
£75,000 a year because fewer
document and information
updates need distribution using
print media.

“The system offers robust security for regulatory compliance, enhances communication, and is
saving £75,000 (US $120,000) a year in print costs.”
– Harrods case study
Give employees the skills they need to compete
Build an inclusive, service-oriented human resources organization that provides learning to a
diverse, multi-generational workforce

Globalization has
increased the percentage
of your employees that
are dispersed across
multiple geographies,
time zones, and
languages.

Traditional classroom and
online training has
become increasingly less
effective and harder to
administer.

A unified SharePoint
learning management
portal can enable flexible
distance learning with
personalized study plans,
learning through search,
and on-demand learning.

Only 18% of
workforce
training
programs
raise skills
from
“deficient” to
“adequate.”
Future Work Skills 2020
Modernize your communications to improve reach
Extend workforce productivity to everyone in your organization

Your HR department
supports a community of
employees based in the
field. Traditionally, this has
meant sending paperbased benefits and
healthcare packages via
printed mail.

With the rising costs of
printing and shipping, you
want to deliver this
information via the
existing company portal.

The Office 365
collaboration and
messaging tools can
extend your HR portal’s
reach to workers who
don’t regularly have
access to a company
computer.

The Hay
Group found
that offices
with more
engaged
employees
were up to
43% more
productive.
Global retailer empowers employees across entire
organization with Office 365 store portal

Objective

Tactics

Results

Empower employees across this
multinational organization—from head
office to stores—to connect and work
together.

Deploy Office 365 as a
portal for collaboration
and social
engagement.

•
•
•

Improved information flow to
support decision-making.
Increased employee
engagement.
Improved working practices to
create value for shoppers.

“[Office 365] will allow our colleagues to engage with each other and deliver an optimal
shopping experience on any channel, as well as encouraging colleagues to share, re-use, and
reward ideas and expertise.”

–Mike McNamara, CIO, Tesco
Unlock HR potential for a deeper
contribution to the business
• Tie talent strategies to corporate strategies
• Translate workforce data into insight business leaders can act on
• Optimize your human capital investments
Tie talent strategies to corporate strategies
Attract and hire the right people for the right jobs, with diversity and inclusion

Due to a competitive
threat, your organization
has decided to expand
into a new market and
you need to recruit for a
multitude of new
positions with specialized
skills.

The HR team uses an
automated Microsoft
Dynamics CRM lead and
prospect management
system to source
candidates and identify
specialized talent inside
or outside the
organization.

Hiring managers can use
these tools for their
integrated interview
scheduling and candidate
portal to quickly capture,
summarize, and exchange
feedback and accelerate
the hiring decision.

In 2012, 69%
of employers
reported
being
adversely
affected by a
bad hire.

Source: CareerBuilder, 2012
Architecture firm expands collaboration capabilities to
support global workforce

Objectives

Tactics

Results

• Retain and motivate talented young
workers.
• Provide an attractive workspace and
workstyle.
• Work and collaborate remotely.

Deploy SharePoint
2013 to take advantage
of cloud, mobility, and
social features.

“Being able to have social
conversations in a specific context,
within a site, within a community,
is key for boosting productivity.”
Felicity McNish
Global Knowledge Manager

“You will work in collaborative, diverse teams that are not afraid to take risks. We share ideas,
develop and inspire each other and together drive the direction and approach to our work.”

– Woods Bagot Career Guide
Translate workforce data into insight
Use data to drive strategic planning and go beyond “what happened” to predicting “what will be”

Your self-service Excel
analysis shows that over
the last several years, your
company has experienced
a significant increase in
undesirable turnover.

You evaluate the factors
associated with this
turnover and generate a
report that shows how
salary, educational level,
skills, or length of service
contribute to the turnover.

Using this information,
you can accurately
anticipate changes and
adopt plans to prevent
them from leaving, and/or
proactively mitigate the
impact of those
departures.

HR is
clamoring
for help with
actionable
HR metrics,
both
operational
and
strategic.
IDC Marketscape: WW HR BOP 2012 Analysis
Talent service hosts web application globally on highly
scalable Windows Azure platform

Objectives

Tactics

Results

• Help customers identify most
common success attributes.
• Access data on 30 million individual
career profiles.
• Deploy service quickly around the
world.

Build a unique search
engine that is hosted
on highly scalable but
cost-effective Windows
Azure server
infrastructure.

With no hardware costs, minimal
support, and easy scalability,
PageUp People rapidly launched
its service in Australia and abroad.

“We simply didn’t have the resources to create and support new IT infrastructure at our many
client locations around the world,” he says. “We needed an easy-to-scale, low-maintenance
solution in Australia that we could replicate abroad.”
– Robert Hill, Vice President, Solutions Engineering
Optimize your human capital investments
Find the right employees in the right markets around the world with specialized skills needed
for your business

After analyzing attrition
and demographics using
Microsoft Dynamics tools,
you discover that a
significant percentage of
workers with specialized
skills would retire in the
next few years.

With this knowledge, you
quickly identify "skill
gaps" between the current
and future workforce and
initiate proper workforce
planning.

The insight from this skills
forecast can help you
proactively shift the
human capital
strategies, preventing
future operational risk.

43% of
respondents
said human
capital will be
the biggest
investment over
the next 10
years.
IDC, WW Human Capital Management
Applications, 2012-16 Forecast
Embrace human resources innovation
Make innovation “business as usual”
Make innovation “business as usual”
Meet today’s high expectations for seamless mobile, social, self-service experiences

A recent acquisition has
more than doubled your
employee count. The
human resources
department is faced with
the daunting task of
quickly merging the two
cultures.

Your IT department
delivers a Yammer social
collaboration platform
that transcends
organizational and
geographical silos―and
embraces mobile workers.

Within weeks, instead of
months, employees can
not only find one another,
but also start asking
questions and sharing
ideas, improving
coordination and
alignment.

As the
economy
continues to
improve,
companies
will push
harder for
more
innovation.
Susan R. Meisinger, Innovation by HR, Human
Resources Executive Online
Global conglomerate becomes unified enterprise
through social intranet

Objectives

Tactics

Results

• Transform from a conglomerate to a
united global enterprise.
• Inform employees about the new
structure and brand.
• Engage employees in the process.

Use Yammer to create
a central place for
employees to learn,
connect, and
collaborate, saving
time and money.

“Yammer is changing the way
Tyco works, and keeping us
ahead of the game.”
Clare Singleton, Director of
Internal Communications

“To stay a leader in our industry, we give our employees the tools they need to be as productive
as possible. Yammer lets them connect and innovate with each other.”
– Ira Gottlieb, Vice President of Global Communications
Reimagining the world of work
Microsoft’s story
Reimagining with Microsoft
Consumers + Business

Culture of reliability, security and privacy

Enabling you with seamless, differentiated business solutions
Personal focus | Consistent experience | Global excellence
Next steps
Build a self-service
employee portal with
SharePoint.

Consider building
apps to extend your
self-service strategy
and meet multigenerational
expectations.

Develop an enterprise
social collaboration
strategy that will
capitalize on products
you already own.

Learn more about the
Microsoft Dynamics
AX Human Capital
Management
solution.

Harness the power of
data insight—build a
self-service analytics
solution.
Reimagining Human Resources

Reimagining Human Resources

  • 2.
    Gaining a peopleadvantage Companies voted “best companies” perform 2x better more than than the general marketplace. Your people are your most competitive asset It all adds up to cumulative 3x better success than the market average. Companies typically have 1/2 the voluntary turnover of their competitors.
  • 3.
    Driving the businessof the business How we think about HR These must be engaged… Great hires Great company Loyal customers Great job Great leaders Sustainable growth Great employees Great managers Real profit increase …to reliably influence these
  • 4.
    At Microsoft, weknow that great people drive our business success So we strive to create an environment where employees feel empowered and inspired Culture Talent Defined and vibrant culture identified by high level of engagement by employees, flexibility, and an inclusive work environment Global and diverse workforce that supports the expanding needs of our businesses Leadership Management Leaders who define and drive the next generation of opportunity for the company Managers who deliver on our people and business agenda Fortune’s 100 Best Companies 2013 Best Workplace in Europe 2012 World's Best Multinational Workplaces 2012 Best Large Company in Ireland 2012 India’s Most Attractive Employer 2013 Great Place to Work Austria 2012 Top 50 Employers for 2012 Equal Opportunity Magazine Top 3 Best Corporate Citizens for 2012 Corporate Responsibility Magazine 4
  • 5.
    Building the modernHR … HR plays a more strategic role in business performance. Competition for talent drives a more analytical approach. Globalization requires a more innovative approach to HR. Multigenerational workforce demands more flexible workstyles. Employee collaboration becomes even more critical to corporate effectiveness. ... requires embracing today‘s transformational trends
  • 6.
    Transformational trends “HR should respectits heritage, but shape a future.” Today’s trends have changed the way in which everyone, including HR professionals, think and do their work Source: The RBL Group, 2012 HR Competency Model Mobility Social Data Cloud, Apps, Devices
  • 7.
    Modern HR Build amodern corporate culture Unlock HR potential for business impact • Increase productivity with self-service portal • Give employees skills they need to compete • Modernize your communications to improve reach • Tie talent strategies to corporate strategies • Translate workforce data into insight business leaders can act on • Optimize your human capital investments Embrace innovation • Make workplace innovation “business as usual” “HR should sit at the table … helping the business leaders do things that will help their companies be successful.” David Ulrich, Forbes 7
  • 8.
    Build a moderncorporate culture • Increase productivity with self-service portal • Give employees the new skills they need to compete • Modernize your communications to improve reach
  • 9.
    Increase productivity witha self-service portal Create smooth and efficient human resources processes that give employees easy to use tools Your industry requires safety and skill-based certifications for a large percentage of your field employees. Traditionally, a lot of time was spent tracking and maintaining the certification status of individual employees. By using a SharePoint self-service HR portal, employees and managers can view certification, license, and training requirements and renewals assigned to them. Employees increasingly expect more integrated digital interactions with HR. Society for Human Resource Management, “Future Insights”
  • 10.
    Retailer uses SharePointinternal portal to engage diverse workforce Objectives Tactics Results • Engage a diverse workforce and business units more efficiently and for less cost. • Improve key performance indicators. • Comply with new legislation around benefits. Deploy SharePoint collaboration platform to improve processes and communications among 8,000 staff in the United Kingdom. Harrods expects to save around £75,000 a year because fewer document and information updates need distribution using print media. “The system offers robust security for regulatory compliance, enhances communication, and is saving £75,000 (US $120,000) a year in print costs.” – Harrods case study
  • 11.
    Give employees theskills they need to compete Build an inclusive, service-oriented human resources organization that provides learning to a diverse, multi-generational workforce Globalization has increased the percentage of your employees that are dispersed across multiple geographies, time zones, and languages. Traditional classroom and online training has become increasingly less effective and harder to administer. A unified SharePoint learning management portal can enable flexible distance learning with personalized study plans, learning through search, and on-demand learning. Only 18% of workforce training programs raise skills from “deficient” to “adequate.” Future Work Skills 2020
  • 12.
    Modernize your communicationsto improve reach Extend workforce productivity to everyone in your organization Your HR department supports a community of employees based in the field. Traditionally, this has meant sending paperbased benefits and healthcare packages via printed mail. With the rising costs of printing and shipping, you want to deliver this information via the existing company portal. The Office 365 collaboration and messaging tools can extend your HR portal’s reach to workers who don’t regularly have access to a company computer. The Hay Group found that offices with more engaged employees were up to 43% more productive.
  • 13.
    Global retailer empowersemployees across entire organization with Office 365 store portal Objective Tactics Results Empower employees across this multinational organization—from head office to stores—to connect and work together. Deploy Office 365 as a portal for collaboration and social engagement. • • • Improved information flow to support decision-making. Increased employee engagement. Improved working practices to create value for shoppers. “[Office 365] will allow our colleagues to engage with each other and deliver an optimal shopping experience on any channel, as well as encouraging colleagues to share, re-use, and reward ideas and expertise.” –Mike McNamara, CIO, Tesco
  • 14.
    Unlock HR potentialfor a deeper contribution to the business • Tie talent strategies to corporate strategies • Translate workforce data into insight business leaders can act on • Optimize your human capital investments
  • 15.
    Tie talent strategiesto corporate strategies Attract and hire the right people for the right jobs, with diversity and inclusion Due to a competitive threat, your organization has decided to expand into a new market and you need to recruit for a multitude of new positions with specialized skills. The HR team uses an automated Microsoft Dynamics CRM lead and prospect management system to source candidates and identify specialized talent inside or outside the organization. Hiring managers can use these tools for their integrated interview scheduling and candidate portal to quickly capture, summarize, and exchange feedback and accelerate the hiring decision. In 2012, 69% of employers reported being adversely affected by a bad hire. Source: CareerBuilder, 2012
  • 16.
    Architecture firm expandscollaboration capabilities to support global workforce Objectives Tactics Results • Retain and motivate talented young workers. • Provide an attractive workspace and workstyle. • Work and collaborate remotely. Deploy SharePoint 2013 to take advantage of cloud, mobility, and social features. “Being able to have social conversations in a specific context, within a site, within a community, is key for boosting productivity.” Felicity McNish Global Knowledge Manager “You will work in collaborative, diverse teams that are not afraid to take risks. We share ideas, develop and inspire each other and together drive the direction and approach to our work.” – Woods Bagot Career Guide
  • 17.
    Translate workforce datainto insight Use data to drive strategic planning and go beyond “what happened” to predicting “what will be” Your self-service Excel analysis shows that over the last several years, your company has experienced a significant increase in undesirable turnover. You evaluate the factors associated with this turnover and generate a report that shows how salary, educational level, skills, or length of service contribute to the turnover. Using this information, you can accurately anticipate changes and adopt plans to prevent them from leaving, and/or proactively mitigate the impact of those departures. HR is clamoring for help with actionable HR metrics, both operational and strategic. IDC Marketscape: WW HR BOP 2012 Analysis
  • 18.
    Talent service hostsweb application globally on highly scalable Windows Azure platform Objectives Tactics Results • Help customers identify most common success attributes. • Access data on 30 million individual career profiles. • Deploy service quickly around the world. Build a unique search engine that is hosted on highly scalable but cost-effective Windows Azure server infrastructure. With no hardware costs, minimal support, and easy scalability, PageUp People rapidly launched its service in Australia and abroad. “We simply didn’t have the resources to create and support new IT infrastructure at our many client locations around the world,” he says. “We needed an easy-to-scale, low-maintenance solution in Australia that we could replicate abroad.” – Robert Hill, Vice President, Solutions Engineering
  • 19.
    Optimize your humancapital investments Find the right employees in the right markets around the world with specialized skills needed for your business After analyzing attrition and demographics using Microsoft Dynamics tools, you discover that a significant percentage of workers with specialized skills would retire in the next few years. With this knowledge, you quickly identify "skill gaps" between the current and future workforce and initiate proper workforce planning. The insight from this skills forecast can help you proactively shift the human capital strategies, preventing future operational risk. 43% of respondents said human capital will be the biggest investment over the next 10 years. IDC, WW Human Capital Management Applications, 2012-16 Forecast
  • 20.
    Embrace human resourcesinnovation Make innovation “business as usual”
  • 21.
    Make innovation “businessas usual” Meet today’s high expectations for seamless mobile, social, self-service experiences A recent acquisition has more than doubled your employee count. The human resources department is faced with the daunting task of quickly merging the two cultures. Your IT department delivers a Yammer social collaboration platform that transcends organizational and geographical silos―and embraces mobile workers. Within weeks, instead of months, employees can not only find one another, but also start asking questions and sharing ideas, improving coordination and alignment. As the economy continues to improve, companies will push harder for more innovation. Susan R. Meisinger, Innovation by HR, Human Resources Executive Online
  • 22.
    Global conglomerate becomesunified enterprise through social intranet Objectives Tactics Results • Transform from a conglomerate to a united global enterprise. • Inform employees about the new structure and brand. • Engage employees in the process. Use Yammer to create a central place for employees to learn, connect, and collaborate, saving time and money. “Yammer is changing the way Tyco works, and keeping us ahead of the game.” Clare Singleton, Director of Internal Communications “To stay a leader in our industry, we give our employees the tools they need to be as productive as possible. Yammer lets them connect and innovate with each other.” – Ira Gottlieb, Vice President of Global Communications
  • 23.
    Reimagining the worldof work Microsoft’s story
  • 24.
    Reimagining with Microsoft Consumers+ Business Culture of reliability, security and privacy Enabling you with seamless, differentiated business solutions Personal focus | Consistent experience | Global excellence
  • 25.
    Next steps Build aself-service employee portal with SharePoint. Consider building apps to extend your self-service strategy and meet multigenerational expectations. Develop an enterprise social collaboration strategy that will capitalize on products you already own. Learn more about the Microsoft Dynamics AX Human Capital Management solution. Harness the power of data insight—build a self-service analytics solution.