Well, it’s been one month since we returned to work from winter break and last night my husband said to me, “After President’s Day in February, our next day off isn’t until Memorial Day in May, right?!” You should have seen the look on his face when I confirmed his suspicion. What is it about vacation and time off that…
Survey Types
Build A Better Survey – Part I: Proper Planning
It’s no secret that when you work at SoGoSurvey you have an extraordinary love for data. So it also wouldn’t be a stretch to say that we get pretty excited when we envision and build new surveys. Even with all of the resources, tips, and tricks at our disposal we still go through all of the same steps as someone…
How A Matrix Grid Can Boost Response Rates
In my last blog, Survey Language 101: Say What You Mean, I recommended breaking down complex ideas into several questions and introduced the Matrix Grid as a good option to accomplish this. Let’s dive in a little deeper and explore some more advanced options that will help you further simplify your survey.
5 Insightful Questions for Evaluating Employee Performance and Why You Should Include Them
A few years ago, the Dilbert comic strip, known for its satirical office humor about a white-collar, micromanaged office, portrayed employee performance reviews with this clever dialogue: Boss: Would you like some feedback on your performance? Dilbert: No. Boss: You’re supposed to appreciate feedback because it makes you feel valued. Dilbert: How does listening to you belittle me about things…
How 360-Degree Feedback Can Benefit Your Organization
Many companies avoid 360-degree employee evaluation because of its complexity. There’s a lot of misunderstanding about 360-degree feedback, which is unfortunate, because it “can” be a powerful tool for people to improve their performance, particularly at the higher levels in an organization. Following are 4 practical ways your business can benefit from 360-degree feedback: Opens the Channels of Communication Adopting…
Best Practices for Improving Your Employee Survey Participation Rate
It happens every year—your company rolls out the annual employee survey so that management can measure engagement levels across the organization. But with all the expense and effort to administer employee surveys, the average employee survey response rate is a meager 30%-40%, and without employee participation, the survey is worthless! Getting employees to take the time to complete the survey…
360-Degree Employee Evaluation
In an episode of the Emmy Award-Winning Comedy Series, The Office, “office hottie” Pam Beesly speculates about her upcoming performance review: “It’s performance review day, company-wide. Last year, my performance review started with Michael asking me what my hopes and dreams were, and it ended with him telling me he could bench-press 190 pounds. So, I don’t really know what…
3 Steps to Getting the Most From Your Employee Benefits Survey
We’ve all heard about trendy employee incentives like ping-pong tables and beer refrigerators, but do those perks really make a difference? What about real, impactful employee benefits? Earlier this year, in a decision aimed at luring and retaining talent, beverage giant Coca-Cola unveiled an expanded parental leave policy in the U.S. Previously, Coke only gave six to eight weeks paid…
Company Culture Surveys: Uncovering Corporate Identity
Today having great a company culture is considered more a prerequisite, than simply a nice-to-have. In fact, an exceptional company culture is almost expected, in addition to other traditional benefits employees draw. More and more, job candidates are choosing a company because of its culture rather than its paycheck—and it’s not just a fad. Unfortunately, a lot of organizations struggle to create…
It’s Time to Take Employee Exit Surveys Seriously
There are many ways employees can answer the timeless question, “Why are you leaving your job?” However, prominent financier J.P. Morgan may have put it best when he said, “A [person] always has two reasons for doing anything—a good reason and the real reason.” When asked the appropriate questions, employees leaving an organization are a rich source of unique, objective…