Sustainability and impact
Empowering our people
We invest in our people and our culture to enable everyone's success
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We're committed to fostering a workplace where everyone can contribute ideas, embrace challenges, grow their leadership skills, and feel like they belong. This empowers our people to reach their full potential and drive our collective success.
Attracting and supporting top talent

Advancing financial security for our clients and maintaining industry-leading financial strength requires a workforce with varied experiences, backgrounds, abilities, and perspectives. We believe that attracting and retaining exceptional talent begins with taking care of our people.
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Our employees and advisors are prepared to meet the changing demands of the business and the markets we serve. We do what's right for policyowners and clients by supporting and retaining talent with opportunities for growth and development.
Strengthening our culture of belonging

We are committed to ensuring that our people are heard, feel a sense of belonging, and see themselves as valuable contributors—furthering their own and the company's success.
41% of our employees participate in our employee resource groups which encourage networking, learning, and connection across the company—focusing on the four Cs of culture, career, community, and commerce.
Across our advisor offices, special councils and clubs bring colleagues together to advance Northwestern Mutual's vision and leverage inclusion and market impact as a business advantage. Each group aims to embed a variety of perspectives into the local culture, fostering belonging and driving business results.
We encourage employees and advisors to contribute to our culture of belonging by supporting nonprofit partners through key benefits, such as paid volunteer time off, volunteer rewards, and matching gift programs.
Read our Equal Employment Opportunity policy.