Top tips for conducting employee surveys
May 17th, 2010
- Ask yourself why you are running the survey. What you are trying to achieve?
- Communicate the purpose of the survey; an effective communication strategy will help boost employee participation.
- Collect meaningful demographic data while ensuring anonymity to give insight and context.
- Ensure each question relates directly to the survey objectives.
- Consult a variety of staff about the topics the survey is going to cover, perhaps by forming a steering group that includes a cross section of employees.
- Keep the time required to complete the survey to a minimum (about 10-15 minutes).
- Be open and honest with the results and commit to feeding them back.
- Don’t try to act on everything that the survey throws up; pick two or three key items.
- Set targets for improvement and periodically revisit them to ensure that any remedial work has the desired effect.
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