In recent years, employee surveys have become an important part of a modern management style.
Because it is more than a mere opinion poll – especially if it is conducted continuously. Then a daily insight into the mood in the team is created.
What makes employee surveys so effective? We explain this with our employee survey checklist.
The answer lies in building trust over time through the constructive use of feedback. Understanding and good handling of honest feedback remain strongly in the emotional memory.
Note: If this happens more often or even regularly, true bonding is created.
Employee survey as commitment boost
The goal of employee surveys is not the surveys themselves, but the results. This know-how can be used for measures.
In this way, dialog with employees heralds improvements.
Employee feedback is particularly needed on these topics:
- Leadership
- Internal communication
- Workplace design
- Work tasks
If the right measures are derived from the results of the employee survey, employee satisfaction increases.
Because the team feels effective and taken seriously.
11 steps to a successful employee survey
These 11 steps are important in effective employee surveys:
1. Setting a clear objective
2. Digital: Paper was yesterday, as the time required for both the respondents and the evaluation is no longer justifiable. The environmental factor and the flexibility gained also speak in favor of digital implementation. One can conduct surveys frequently and customized if desired. With employees at different locations, the digital process is a must anyway.
3. Be regular: Getting feedback only once a year is like driving a car at night – without lights. Only those who are constantly aware of the opinions of team members can keep everything in view and react early enough.
4. Enable direct communication: The best way to respond to employee feedback is immediately, in writing, and individually. Then an exchange develops and trust can build up. Responding to feedback with direct comments is a good way to go.
5. Offer a mood picture of the team: If you only listen to your gut feeling, you are taking risks. The results of the employee survey should also provide an overall picture of the mood that can be used to support – or correct – gut feelings.
6. anonymous: anonymous feedback is a must, especially if the company does not yet have a culture of trust. Then you can show that you are interested in the true opinion of the team members. The courage to answer honestly is cranked up in the anonymous employee survey. Because only with real insights can you set the right course.
7. planning of the survey and preliminary information of the employees
8 Involve everyone: Whether an office worker or on the store floor, in a hospital or on the store floor, everyone’s opinion carries weight. Tools that work on all devices such as PCs, smartphones or mobile terminals create access to the employee survey.
9. implementation of the survey with professional support/tools
10. analysis and interpretation of the obtained data
11. deriving suitable measures
Once is not once
In the long term, one-off employee surveys that only provide a selective insight into the working atmosphere fall short of the mark.
After all, if you only receive feedback sporadically, you cannot react when there is an immediate need for action.
In order to know at any time what is currently on the minds of employees, tools for continuous feedback are needed. Then action can also be taken in good time before problems arise.
Essential: Involve employees from the outset and make it clear whether the results of the survey will be followed by appropriate action.
In order for employee surveys to be successful, it must be ensured that the anonymity of the respondents is guaranteed. This is because the survey does not provide meaningful results if employees feel that their information is not treated confidentially.
Data protection and data security are therefore essential criteria when selecting external partners.
During changes such as crises or the switch to home office, it is especially valuable to get regular feedback from the team.
What works well and where can the work situation be further improved?
teamecho helps enable employee feedback digitally and in real time.
Successful employee surveys ensure that the anonymity of respondents is guaranteed
This is because the survey does not provide meaningful results if employees feel that their information is not treated confidentially. Data protection and data security are therefore essential criteria when selecting external partners.
During changes such as crises or the switch to home office, it is especially valuable to get regular feedback from the team.
What works well and where can the work situation be further improved?
teamecho helps enable employee feedback digitally and in real time.
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