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Best practices for employee surveys – Step 6: Select a supplier

Previous Steps 1. Determine Objectives 2. Select a data collection method 3. Get buy-in from managers  4. Develop the process  5. Create a schedule    Step 6: Select a supplier In Step 5, you created the schedule that will serve as the … Continue reading

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Best practices for employee surveys – Step 5: Create a schedule

Previous Steps 1. Determine Objectives 2. Select a data collection method 3. Get buy-in from managers  4. Develop the process    Step 5: Create a schedule In this step, you will create the schedule for the employee survey project. This … Continue reading

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Best practices for employee surveys – Step 4: Develop the process

Previous Steps 1. Determine Objectives 2. Select a data collection method 3. Get buy-in from managers    Step 4: Develop the process In this step, you should document what is required to move from this point to a successful completion … Continue reading

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Best practices for employee surveys – Step 3: Get buy-in from managers

Previous Steps 1. Determine Objectives 2. Select a data collection method   Step 3: Get buy-in from managers When a company contacts us about conducting an employee survey, it is often because one visionary person or a small group of … Continue reading

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Best practices for employee surveys – Step 2: Select a data collection method

Previous Step 1. Determine Objectives   Step 2: Select a data collection method Online surveys are the most common method of data collection for employee surveys, followed by written surveys. Face-to-face and telephone interviewing methods are rarely used in employee … Continue reading

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Best practices for employee surveys – Step 1: Determine Objectives

The information from employee surveys should deliver valuable insight that creates positive change in the organization and improves the bottom-line. Before doing anything else, it is critically important to define the objectives of the research. Most problems with employee surveys … Continue reading

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Best practices for employee surveys

In a recent post, I explained why employee surveys should be a function of every HR department. In this multi-part series, we will dissect each of the critical steps in a successful employee survey process: Determine objectives Select a data … Continue reading

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Why employee surveys should be a function of every HR department

You can’t read the minds of your employees but you can do the next best thing: ask them what they’re thinking. Most human resources professionals agree that a company can only be as good as the people it employs. For … Continue reading

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Bridge the chasm between managers and employees

I came across an interesting article entitled "Use employee surveys to learn what staff members think" by Jerry Osteryoung, executive director of the Jim Moran Institute at the Florida State University College of Business, who states: "Probably the biggest problem … Continue reading

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Comcast finally arrives

After standing me up twice (see “Comcast drops the ball again“), Comcast finally sent a technician Friday evening to repair my cable television service. The whole ordeal, while enormously frustrating, has also been educational. Here is what I learned… 1. … Continue reading

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