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Home / Media / Blog / Your Listening Era: Employee Engagement Surveys
Have you heard rumblings your employees may be feeling frustrated? You may hear things through the grapevine and notice less engaged employees, or even more turnover than usual. We know navigating these murky waters can be unsettling (and downright confusing!), but our most significant advice is to take your employee’s feelings into consideration and to ask, not assume.
You trust your employees to get their jobs done, so trust them to provide you with their perspective on how things are going. Before you initiate this candid conversation, here are a few things to keep in mind:
You’ve heard the age-old advice to listen to understand, not to respond. We’re here to help you do that and move into your new era.
So, how does it work and what are employee engagement surveys? What’s the difference between employee satisfaction and employee engagement surveys?
From strategy to execution, we are your right-hand partner with many HR services that will provide you with key findings and recommendations for growth.
Now that we’ve laid the groundwork, here’s a question to get you thinking even harder about your employee engagement survey strategy. If an A+ employee was walking out the door, what would you ask them?
Here are six simple prompts that can be answered via a rating system, which gives you real data to measure. Open-ended questions are always helpful for context, so ensure a good mix of rating and open-ended questions. Here are five prompts and one open-ended question to help you get started:
What is the goal? A more engaged culture and employees who feel seen, heard, and valued. When you create this culture, your employees will tell you exactly what they need to achieve your desired results
The intent is to use this as an opportunity for regular cadence of future employee experience surveys, tracking your progress on culture goals.
Building the culture you want will take time. This requires all involved parties to effectively collaborate and advance this work together with mutual understanding and commitment to growth and development, knowing that this will require tough conversations and endurance.
Interested in other current employment trends? Click the link to view the recent blog: Building a Strong HR Foundation: A Must-Watch Interview or check back for more on human resources, payroll, insurance, and benefits.
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