"The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism."
Positive thinking author Norman Vincent Peale


Employee Surveys, 360 feedback, Assessments
& Balanced Scorecard


(articles below)

They can be called an employee satisfaction survey, or employee surveys, or a variety other names.

Regardless of the name, managers might be “taking the pulse” of their employees periodically, but employees are constantly talking about where they work and who they work with – and work for.  So it’s a great investment to ask your employees regularly what’s on their minds using employee surveys. Links to our articles on surveys, assessments and measurement are below..

 Employee surveys can help:
bullet diagnose issues and overall organizational climate
bullet anticipate potential problems
bullet assess teamwork and management style problems
bullet and measure the effects of organizational change.

            Employee surveys often accompany specific initiatives: strategic planning, TQM, a move to teams, the balanced scorecard and the like.  Since each can send different ripples through the organization, it takes savvy to create and administer an employee survey that assures management of actionable recommendations. An employee satisfaction survey, for example, might focus on specific aspects of a person's job, an employee opinion survey or employee attitude survey might ask more general questions.

At Organized Change, you’ll find our experience in employee survey design and survey administration will help you move through this minefield with ease. 

Either way, having our experience on your side means your management team really hears what’s on employees’ minds – the good and the critical – so the organization can put criticism to constructive use.

bullet Assessing Your Organization: Employee surveys aren't always enough (click here for pdf version)
bullet Planning Employee Surveys (click here for pdf version)
bullet Performance Improvement & the Balanced Scorecard (click here for pdf version) (Incorporating an employee survey into the balanced scorecard.)
bullet Giving Feedback on Management Style: the 3 degrees of 360 feedback using employee surveys (click here for pdf version of this article.)
bullet Ten Commonly Asked Questions About Employee Surveys