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4 employee engagement survey pitfalls to avoid this year
HR departments have long looked to employee surveys for
guidance on engagement decisions.
Here are 4 mistakes that companies can make when rolling out their employee
engagement survey.
1. Vague questions
1. Vague questions
Questions that are too broad or general won’t return the specificity required to pinpoint where to focus your
engagement efforts.
1. Vague questions
Remember: Surveys are an essential component of your talent retention strategy so you need specifics to understand what will
keep your talent engaged.
2. Insignificant Topics
2. Insignificant Topics
Gathering actionable information requires employee engagement.
2. Insignificant TopicsFocus on topics that team members truly care about to inspire
thoughtful responses that can be leveraged for company improvements.
3. Lack of Participation
3. Lack of ParticipationAre you... • Keeping a survey open for too long or too short?
• Making it hard to take? or
• Introducing it at the wrong time?
3. Lack of ParticipationAre you... • Keeping a survey open for too long or too short?
• Making it hard to take? or
• Introducing it at the wrong time?
These all pose threats to hearing
from as many employees as
possible. After all, an engagement
survey should be, well, you know,
engaging!
4. Dishonest Answers
4. Dishonest AnswersYou want to set an expectation with employees that the survey is anonymous, confidential and should establish how the data will be
used.
4. Dishonest AnswersYou want to set an expectation with employees that the survey is anonymous, confidential and should establish how the data will be
used.
If you're committed to taking action after the survey, sharing results in real-time and involving employees in shaping the next steps, your survey stands its best chance to collect meaningful
insight.
4. Dishonest Answers
Without these steps, employees get scared which may result in them fudging the numbers.
More than anything, acknowledge that your survey is the first chapter in what must become a larger story.
Engagement is not an activity or a static measure - it’s a verb.
To see what lies ahead for you on the road to engagement this year, check out our Employee Engagement Roadmap.