They can be called an 'employee satisfaction survey', 'employee engagement survey' or a variety of other names.

Regardless of the name, managers periodically "take the pulse" of their employees through some version of an employee survey. 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:

Diagnose issues and overall organizational climate

Anticipate potential problems

Assess teamwork and management style problems

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 an organization, it takes savvy to create effective employee survey questions and to 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 opinion or 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. Let us guide you in creating valid and reliable employee survey questions.

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.
Online Survey Tools and Software: How to Maximize Their Effectiveness
Improve Your Organization By Effective Employee Opinion Survey
Master Of All You Survey: Planning Employee Engagement Surveys
Everything You Need To Know About Employee Satisfaction Surveys
Using employee surveys to improve a post-merger culture
Using post merger surveys to improve culture in the banking industry