Case Study: Organic Valley achieves a 42% increase in applications and builds a sustainable learning organization with Cornerstone OnDemand

Increasing user adoption, enabling scalability, and building a learning organization

Organic Valley, a 950-employee cooperative and the nation’s leading producer of organic dairy, needed to modernize HR and L&D. Facing a tightening talent market, a lengthy online application process that was driving away candidates, and poor visibility into employee training, leadership sought a single, secure, integrated, and customizable platform to replace multiple systems.

They implemented Cornerstone Recruiting and Learning (with plans for Performance and Succession), creating a one-stop “Tool Shed” for learning, streamlined applications, and manager development. The changes delivered a 42% increase in applications, higher training completions with nearly 100% user adoption and confidence in assigned training, customizable functionality at no extra cost, reinforced learning via 7/14/30-day mini-lessons, and centralized enrollment for in-person and cultural events.

Organic Valley

Mark Schroeder

HR/L&OD Technology Strategist