Nicole Sikora Heschong, MA, MHRD

Serve CHRO to design culture strategy for largest healthcare employer and provider in South Carolina. Coordinate data-informed projects, program development, and key messaging strategies across all HR leadership. Emphasis on belonging, equity, and expanding access for all team members and prospective team members.

• Champion analysis, strategy design, and HR messaging from annual engagement survey, resulting in changes of 25% improved participation and 6+ point overall score change in one-year period, to move and stay above survey provider's healthcare industry and overall benchmarks for following years.
• Design, launch and oversee new Inspire employee recognition platform, including business case and requirements development, RFP process management, learning and marketing, and rewards budget design. Achieved over $1 million annual cost savings and improved engagement results in recognition.
• Design and execute first in-person Strategy Reset Forum, Team Member Appreciation Week events, executive presence initiative, and other key culture change plans.
• Design and project manage multiple initiatives including new team member communication automation and portal design, employer brand marketing and presence for specific events including LGBTQ+ career fair, DE&I learning suite launch communications, HR emergency response communications, and more.

Managed leadership communication and enterprise communication of high-priority regulatory projects for Strategy, Planning, and Governance team.

Defined branding and strategic communication priorities for Health Sciences Center as lead from Prisma Health Marketing team.

Hired and managed team to produce award-winning, teammate-focused communication for one of the largest U.S. healthcare systems. Served as primary communication support for recognition and diversity and inclusion teams. Launched enterprise internal social media platform and external teammate portal. Directed award-winning employer brand redesign.

Designed engagement, change, communication, learning, and readiness strategies for multiple clients.

Hired and managed organizational readiness communication team for global finance platform transformation affecting 180,000+ associates. Previously served as VP/Communication Manager II for Consumer & Small Business Bank Technology & Operations and special projects support for Consumer Marketing team.