Principal Financial Group: Employee Engagement

Talented employees are the heart and soul of our company. We believe development inspires individuals to engage, empower, and embrace a growth mindset that directly contributes to the success of our organization.

Learn more about Principal's commitments to employee engagement here.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Natalie Lamarque: Learning To Harness Fear
Fearless isn’t a word Natalie Lamarque would use to describe herself. From working in the Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s office as a federal prosecutor to moving across the country for a job opportunity, Lamarque has faced plenty of situations and life changes.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Kimberly Etchings: When Risks Lead to Wins
Kimberly Etchings has never been afraid to take risks. From finding her own way to attend a college she’d never visited across the country, to building her own financial advising firm, to taking two years off to reevaluate her career, Etchings has never led with fear.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Amy Keiser: ‘It’s OK To Learn From the Ground Up.’
Lucky for Principal ®, Amy Keiser lasted just 90 days in her first job in 1999. “It was in sales for another financial institution, and I quickly realized it was not the right role for me,” Keiser says.

Health & Healthcare

3 Ways To Support Mental Health at Work
When Chery VanHouweling signed up for the Feel Your Best Self (FYBS) volunteer event, she thought it sounded fun—a lunch hour at Principal® creating an educational puppet kit for schoolchildren.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Principal® Named a Best Place To Work in Money Management by Pensions & Investments
Principal Asset Management SM, the investment unit of Principal Financial Group®, announced it has been named a Best Place to Work in Money Management among the largest employers by Pensions & Investments.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Jonas Cutler: 'Recognizing Good Work and Talent Is in Our DNA.'
That mindset—take advantage of all your opportunities—has been a guiding force in Cutler’s life. It’s taken him from the Marines to law school to his current position with the contracts team at Principal®.

Diversity & Inclusion

Jaya Sharma: 'Our Differences Strengthen Us.'
A decade into her career and in an account management role, Jaya Sharma started thinking about making a change. She wanted to find a position that was inspiring and enriching—in other words, one with purpose.

Diversity & Inclusion

Toya Pollard: 'You Can Really Make a Difference.'
Small decisions build up to big life moments, discovered Toya Pollard.

Diversity & Inclusion

Julie O'Hara-Harvey: “You Have To Find Your Way.”
When Julie O’Hara-Harvey joined Principal® in November 2021, one of her first to-dos was to spearhead creation of the Pal Program.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Do You Know What Your Employees Really Think About Their Jobs?
The cost to replace an employee is about one-third an annual salary—if not more expensive for experienced or highly specialized workers.
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