The Shape of Work

#243: Empowerment in the workplace: what it is and why it matters, with Dipen Sharma

Springworks Season 1 Episode 243

The key to the formation of employee experience is to keep an open line of transparent communication. It helps employees align with the experience and the culture of the organization. 

This is one of the many things Dipen Sharma, Senior Manager - HR Business Partner at Medline India demystified in this episode of The Shape of Work podcast. 

He is a strong believer of empowerment and support. Everything today is need-based, it is about how you enable people's journeys while creating a win-win scenario for your organization as a way to go forward.

Dipen is an HR professional with over 16 years of recruitment experience across the telecom, insurance, financial services, cloud infra, and IT security domains. He has worked with numerous giants like Tech Mahindra, WNS Global Services, Wipro Limited, and Cognizant.

In this podcast, we discuss various topics with Dipen, such as:

  • Support and empowerment needed by today’s workforce
  • History of Medline India: employee needs and wants, a new trend 
  • What practices at your organisation have the most significant impact on employee experience? 
  • How to bridge the gap between employee health and productivity?

Follow Dipen on LinkedIn 

Produced by: Priya Bhatt
Podcast Host: Shradha Mundhra  

About Springworks:

Springworks is a fully-distributed HR technology organisation building tools and products to simplify recruitment, onboarding, employee engagement, and retention. The product stack from Springworks includes:

SpringVerify — B2B verification platform

EngageWith — employee recognition and rewards platform that enriches company culture

Trivia — a suite of real-time, fun, and interactive games platforms for remote/hybrid team-building

SpringRole — verified professional-profile platform backed by blockchain, and

SpringRecruit — a forever-free applicant tracking system.


Springworks prides itself on being an organisation focused on employee well-being and workplace culture, leading to a 4.8 rating on Glassdoor for the 200+ employee strength company.