Category: Employee Surveys

Employee surveys can help you measure how well you are doing as a manager in building an engaged work environment. As with any other important business outcomes, you need a way to measure your current engagement level so that you can know how to improve it. TalentMap developed a robust employee engagement measurement and management methodology to provide you with accurate, insightful, and actionable employee engagement data.

TalentMap measures employee engagement based on workers’ responses to its unique six core engagement questions and links your team’s engagement score to 12 actionable workplace practices with proven links to performance outcomes.

Although measuring employee engagement is an increasingly common practice in the business world, TalentMap’s employee engagement index is distinct in that it is:backed by rigorous science, linked to proven performance outcomes, and actionable at the local level.

TalentMap administers its survey to employees in various companies, non-profits, and other organizations worldwide in an effort to help clients improve their employee engagement. Meanwhile, TalentMap researchers continually study findings from research on the TalentMap survey results to learn more about employee engagement’s effect on organizational and team performance.

Factors such as earnings per share (EPS), profitability, productivity, and customer ratings are all key indicators in determining an organization’s health and growth potential. For leaders who are responsible for these outcomes, the research shows that the TalentMap process is more than just another human resources initiative; it is the best measurement tool for initiating company wide transformation to create sustainable growth. By intentionally focusing on measuring and managing employee engagement using TalentMap engagement scores, companies gain a competitive advantage that keeps them moving forward. Research shows that concentrating on employee engagement can help them withstand –and possibly even thrive –in challenging economic times.

9 Ways to Increase Your Employee Survey Response Rates

High employee engagement survey response rates are vital to a successful survey program. TalentMap’s average employee survey response rate is over 81%. Below are some ways to help you hit and even beat the benchmark average. SURVEY LAUNCH: Invite employees for coffee and donuts the day the survey launches to introduce, promote and build excitement around […]

Engagement Survey Follow-up Actions Speak Louder Than Words

Organizations can say all kinds of things without uttering a single word. One of the most perilous is leadership’s big silent hush following an employee feedback survey. That quiet inaction can be a real killer. The whole purpose behind polling is to uncover information for future action planning. Earliest accounts of statistical gathering date back […]

Employee Surveys and the Stories They Tell

Think about a recent customer service experience you’ve had on the phone with an airline or cable company, in the food court, at a Starbucks’ counter or wherever. In that brief interaction, you can tell instinctively, whether that person is an engaged employee. Easily. An engaged employee goes above and beyond to make sure your […]

The Value of Open-Ended Survey Questions

If you’ve ever spent time with a two or three or four-year-old you know how exhausting it can be. Why is the sky blue? Why do I have to wear socks? Why does it rain? Why? How come? Why?! Those never-ending questions are a young mind’s foray into the wonder filled world of learning. Open-ended […]

Employee Survey Methodologies: The Case for Likert’s Five-Point Scale

Named after its inventor, psychologist Rensis Likert, the Likert five-point scale is the most widely used method in employee survey research. It measures attitudes and opinions by posing a series of questions or items that ask respondents to select a rating on a scale that ranges from one extreme to another, such as “completely agree” […]

Employee Engagement Best Practice Series Verbatim Comments – Walking the Tightrope

One of the most common questions we at TalentMap receive almost on a weekly basis is how to handle and distribute verbatim comments. On the one hand, comments submitted by individual employees provide essential insight into the issues and root causes underlying the different scale responses. They need to be read. However, unlike marketing or public opinion […]

Eight Easy Pre-Survey Communication Tactics

Pre-Survey Communication is a must do before launching any kind of employee engagement survey. Your organization’s leaders, managers, and general employee population need to understand the purpose and their part in its success. Depending on the size and structure of your organization, communication about a forthcoming employee survey may fall to members of the HR […]

8 Reasons Why a 3rd Party is Best for Presenting Survey Results to the Exec Team

Employee engagement surveys invariably surface negative or sensitive leadership issues. It’s an industry norm. A predictable key driver. And a top opportunity for improvement with relation to engaging people in their workplace environments. But when executive team members are gathered together hearing unwelcome news about themselves, a certain expression comes to mind: don’t shoot the messenger. For […]

Don’t Judge a Questionnaire by Its Cover

A Well-Designed Employee Survey Goes Well Beyond Layout Design It’s no wonder some folks spend years earning their PhD in the art and science of surveys. Complexities abound. Like just about anything, everything can be argued one way or another. Granted, there are very specific clearly defined, not-to-be-deviated-from truths when it comes to good survey […]

DIY or Outsourced Employee Engagement Surveys?

What does workplace breach of confidentiality mean? Well, what if you were to say something disparaging about Big Boss, to someone you “trust”, yet somehow Big Boss learns about those criticisms? For a good many employees, worry about confidentiality is an oppressive fear factor when an Employee Engagement survey arrives in their inbox. “Just how secure are my comments?” […]