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Employee Survey Methods
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Employee Survey Methods
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Armin Jansen Aug 21.
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Are you responsible for engagement in your organization? Is it in your job title? Let's form a group where we can share best practices and ask questions as the practitioners of 'corporate' engagement!
Ray: Do you happen to have a link to that article?
I just read a newsletter that pointed out that voluntary turnover was up even during the recession. If this is true, it underscores the need to involve employees and work with them to build engagement and to retain them.
Hi Melanie, I think it mainly depends on the amount of people. If you are talking about 10000 employees, there is no other way than online. If you are talking about small groups, that you can handle on your own, I agree with Ben, face to face interv…
Thanks for you reply Ben. I edited the post to add one on one meetings and focus groups.
I would talk with employees and ask them what they need to do a better job. How they answered would tell me how if they are engaged or not. I would also talk with managers to find out whether they think their job is to engage employees (wrong end of…
I am trying to gather some information regarding how companies prefer to conduct employee surveys. (Engagement, satisfaction, opinion, etc.) I was hoping you guys could help me out by giving me you opinions on the following:
If you were tasked with…
Hey everyone, The new carnival of HR is up over at the Training Time Blog... There is some great reading there... (My company's blog was featured also)
http://training-time.blogspot.com/2009/08/carnival-of-hr-comes-to-town.html
I believe the key to engagement is employees having passion for what they can control, or perceive that they can control. Too many companies are leaned out so much that they can't take the time to stop and listen to their employees ideas (some good-…
When the economy does finally take a positive turn, Human Resource professionals agree that turnover will rise significantly as the job market improves. What you do now as an employer is paramount to your short and longer term success when the econo…
I agree with the caveat that you must use the results as well. If the results are not used, then conducting the research is a waste of time, as well a kick the the companies morale.
Stephen- I did mention interviews, which is what prefer to call ou…
Thanks, Melanie, I agree 100%.
I aslo agree with the caveat to ensure that there is a commitment to actually use the results. This is true no matter the economic situation.
Melanie, you present five good reasons to conduct employee surveys (engagement, satisfaction, learning needs, etc.) but I also agree with Jason's caveats. There is no sense doing a survey if you don't have organization buy-in to use the results and…
Melanie,
I 100% agree with you - it is vital to continue engaging with colleagues particularly in difficult times like now and colleague opinion surveys are a great way of doing so. However, there is no point in conducting EE surveys if you're not…
I have seen postings recently suggesting that many employers are considering doing away with employee surveys; many cite the costs associated with these surveys. You have to acknowledge the poor economy at a time like this: we are all feeling the pi…
Comment Wall (3 comments)
- At 8:02am on October 27, 2009,
David Zinger said…
- Hi Melanie:
It looks like it is your birthday tomorrow. If that is the case I wish you an early birthday and all the best in the coming year. Take care, stay engaged, and may the year ahead be full of engaging moments.
David
- At 12:53pm on July 29, 2009,
David Zinger said…
- Melanie:
I am so pleased you joined us. Looks like you offer very good stuff at CaptureISG:
Welcome to the network. Engage in conversations here and you will find good information and great people. Let me know how I can assist you.
David
- At 12:26pm on July 28, 2009,
Stuart H. Marion said… - You Rock!
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- Who are you?
- I am the Assistant Vice President of Corporate Operations for CaptureISG. We provide employee surveys to a variety of different clients including: Financial Services, Hospitals, management consultants and Human Resource Providers. Visit our blog: http://www.captureisg.com/blog
- What is your interest or involvement in employee engagement?
- My company, CaptureISG, provides employee surveys to a variety of different clients including: Financial Services, Hospitals, management consultants and Human Resource Providers. I am interested in discussing how others view engagement.
- Website:
- http://www.CaptureISG.com
- Where are you located?
- Stuart, FL
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Carnival of HR
Hey everyone, The new carnival of HR is up over at the Training Time Blog... There is some great reading there... (My company's blog was featured also)
http://training-time.blogspot.com/2009/08/carnival-of-hr-comes-to-town.html
http://training-time.blogspot.com/2009/08/carnival-of-hr-comes-to-town.html
Posted on August 20, 2009 at 10:16am —
Keeping your employees – Employee Engagement Research is critical to your business success
When the economy does finally take a positive turn, Human Resource professionals agree that turnover will rise significantly as the job market improves. What you do now as an employer is paramount to your short and longer term success when the economy snaps back into shape.
Read more....
http://www.captureisg.com/blog/2009/08/keeping-your-employees/
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http://www.captureisg.com/blog/2009/08/keeping-your-employees/
Posted on August 17, 2009 at 3:36pm — 1 Comment
5 Reasons Why you Need Employee Surveys, even in this Economy
I have seen postings recently suggesting that many employers are considering doing away with employee surveys; many cite the costs associated with these surveys. You have to acknowledge the poor economy at a time like this: we are all feeling the pinch.
I think everyone would agree that had our government been PROACTIVE rather than REACTIVE, this recession might not have been so severe. This reasoning can be applied to business models also. Now, more than ever, we don’t want to find ourselves i… Continue
I think everyone would agree that had our government been PROACTIVE rather than REACTIVE, this recession might not have been so severe. This reasoning can be applied to business models also. Now, more than ever, we don’t want to find ourselves i… Continue
Posted on July 30, 2009 at 3:00pm — 6 Comments
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Dear Ray,
Your concern is well founded. Employees look forward to surveys like they do a visit to the dentist! The Horsepower Survey, however, is an employee-focused survey to measure how rewarded employees feel about their work. It consists of sev…
Mike,
I will make mention of this new group in the next newsletter. Thank you for starting this and I wish you well and all European members the best with this focus.
David
Jason:
Good points about trust and aligning the strategic engagement with employee engagement. We need results for all.
I am concerned you will lose readers due to lack of formatting on this post. I encourage you to ensure that you format your pos…
Thanks for sharing this information, Roy.
When I was Research Director at The Loyalty Institute, we found that the #1 driver of employee commitment was an organization's efforts to build a sense of spirit and pride. This was true in the US as well…
As a survey consultant I guess that I should like the idea of conducting monthly surveys, but I am concerned that employees may feel that they are being "over surveyed."
There are options, of course. An organization might randomly assign each emplo…
This is a great read, a great story. I smiled the whole time as I read this. If this conversation is possible in your organization, then I'd say your leadership is trusted and transparent. Thanks for this story.
I won't be wishing you "Season's Greetings" or "Happy Holidays" this December. These secular, generic salutations are popular in corporate America because they are not specific to any one religion or belief system. The business world, like America's…
Hello Paul:
"if you want to improve productivity and reduce costs, you need to
tap into human nature’s pleasure-fueled engine."
I could not agree more but if we wait until after we hire someone we have waited too long.
Bob
A Manager shall know one's team member more than his/her mother knows him/her.
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"If managers cannot commit, then they shouldn’t expect their employees to commit either."
Well said and very true. I much enjoyed your article and share your views.
Bob Carpenter's experiences in turnarounds are the same as mine although I only di…
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