2011 Performance Summary: People and Culture

This section provides a summary of the results for the 2011 National Instruments corporate responsibility commitments. To learn more about the company’s performance and commitments, visit the sections linked from this summary. A letter from the company’s CEO, Dr. James Truchard, also summarizes the company’s efforts in 2011.

To locate a specific Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) indicator in this report, refer to the GRI Index.

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Area	2011 Commitment	2011 Performance	Status
Hire and Retain the Best and Brightest	Meet hiring goals to double the number of employees by 2015.	Expanded the number of full-time and part-time employees worldwide by 20% to more than 6,200.
	Expand the NI Leaders program to include 12 additional universities.	Expanded the NI Leaders program from two to 13 universities.
	Triple the size of the engineering intern program at NI headquarters.	More than tripled the engineering intern program from 2010 to 2011 with a 340% increase in the number of engineering interns employed at NI headquarters.
	Collaborate with student organizations to tailor recruiting events for women and minorities.	Established a group of female recruiters to support the NI Leaders program by helping student organizations bring female presenters to recruiting events.
Create a Great Place to Work	Ensure surveyed employees describe NI as a great place to work at a rate of 75% or greater.	Recorded that 85% of surveyed employees worldwide described NI as a great place to work.
	Offer primary care at the NI Health Center to employees’ spouses.	Began to provide primary health care services in January 2011 through the NI Health Center to employees and spouses on the NI benefits plan.
	Implement a wellness incentive program.	Changed the commitment from implementing a health risk-based wellness program to a participation-based program. As a result, 99% of employees at NI headquarters participated in the 2011 health risk assessment program.
	Build a Great Place to Work environment at NI Malaysia and NI Costa Rica, the newest branch offices, and survey those employees for results.	Implemented community and corporate responsibility programs at both NI Costa Rica and NI Malaysia. In 2012, these two branch offices will be surveyed after being open for one year or more.
Provide Superior Employee Development	Ensure at least 90% of US employees receive feedback through annual performance reviews.	With the addition of reporting in Europe, conducted performance reviews with 80% of employees in Europe and the United States in 2011, an increase of 11 percent from 2010.
	Launch the People Development Series (PDS) training for individual contributors.	Provided 239 employees worldwide with complete PDS training for individual contributors in 2011.
	Expand leadership development through additional resources and opportunities such as e-learning.	Did not meet this goal in 2011; however, a pilot program began in January 2012 to provide a mix of e-learning modules and online discussions to refresh topics learned in traditional classroom leadership training.

Area	2011 Commitment	2011 Performance	Status
Employee Philanthropy and Volunteerism	Track and report NI branch philanthropic and volunteer activities.	Formed an international volunteer council in January 2011 to keep track of branch philanthropic activities. However, information sharing was inconsistent.
	Match gifts for employees at headquarters who use payroll deduction.	Did not meet this goal in 2011. The matching gift program does not yet include eligible payroll-deducted donations.
	Engage five existing branch office volunteer programs in using the NIVolunteer.com system.	Added more than 10 branch offices to NIVolunteer.com, but language barriers and site limitations prevented full employee engagement.
	Increase headquarters’ employee volunteer hours by 30%.	Increased employee volunteerism by 16% year-over-year.
Corporate Philanthropy and Advocacy	Maintain commitment of donating 1% of pretax profits to nonprofit organizations.	Donated 2% of pretax profits to nonprofit organizations.