Abstract: The study focused on the effect of leadership development activities on employee retention in multinationals with special reference to Unilever Kenya Limited. The specific objectives were: to investigate the effect of coaching on employee retention at Unilever Kenya Ltd; to find out how personal development planning affect employee retention at Unilever Kenya Ltd; to determine the effect of action learning on employee retention at Unilever Kenya Ltd; to establish the impact of international assignments on employee retention at Unilever Kenya Ltd. The study was anchored on three theories: Herzberg theory, human capital theory and expectancy theory.