Nestlé USA retains diverse talent and creates a plan for future career development needs.
In 2021, Nestlé USA identified the need to provide meaningful career development to their diverse talent throughout the organization in order to retain top talent. They were looking for a program that is scalable, measurable, and can make a quick impact. Not only does PILOT offer a program that is turnkey and accessible to the entire workforce, but it also addresses the most common needs of high-performing professionals including self-reflection, self-advocacy, soliciting feedback, and taking real-world action.
Leadership at Nestlé USA partnered with PILOT to retain their top, diverse talent, created a sustainable career development plan for the future and empowered their workforce to take ownership of their career development.
Who Participated?
Leaders at Nestlé invested in employees across the Nestlé USA portfolio, with different roles and career experience ranging from managers and senior associates in development, finance, quality assurance and more.
First Class Program Manager and Champion
Nikki Odom, Senior Director of Diversity Equity and Inclusion at Nestlé USA, coordinated the success of PILOT by selecting high performers to participate, driving manager participation alongside their employees, and displaying visible leadership support with inspiring and highly attended Executive Fireside Chat Sessions.
Nikki’s supportive presence and push for leadership involvement influenced the success of PILOT resulting in increased retention rates of participants and increased collaboration and leadership empowerment scores.
“Our employees are always hungry to further develop their careers and skillsets. PILOT provides an opportunity for us to lean in and invest even more in our top talent to take them to the next level.”
The Results
10%
Increase in Intention to Stay
PILOT asked employees how likely they were to be working at Nestlé USA in two years time. 10% of participants reported their likelihood of staying to be higher after their experience in the career development program.
94%
of Participants Feel Valued
A majority of participants reported feeling valued by Nestlé USA after being chose to participate in PILOT.
3X
More Influential Workforce
Employees described themselves as 3 times more influential in their current roles after participating in PILOT.
3X
More Empowered Workforce
Employees described themselves as 3 times more empowered at work after participating in PILOT.