There are many benefits to surveying your employees. Most companies already conduct some form of an employee survey to increase the effectiveness of their organisation.
At Gamea consulting, we consistently see a direct correlation between engaged employees and successful organisations.
We believe when employees are engaged and listened to, they feel a greater connection to the organisation’s aims and objectives.
Engaged workforces are more motivated and productive, primarily because people have a greater sense of purpose. In our experience, this leads to greater levels of teamwork and collaboration, and ultimately a more effective and successful organisation.
Here are a few of the benefits that those successful organisations experience:
✅ Increased employee retention – By listening to employees and acting on their feedback they were able to deal with areas of dissatisfaction.
✅ Increased organisational effectiveness – Organisations learned to question how they simplify and improve. How they deliver services and products in a quicker and more efficient, and customer-focused way.
✅ Promoting a positive working environment – By seeking feedback from their employees they feel their opinions count and are valued. By establishing open feedback loops they were able to create a positive culture of trust, fairness, and accountability.
✅ Supporting the implementation of major change initiatives – Allowed organisations to test 'group think' around key initiatives. Also, allowed organisations to ask themselves difficult questions about the pros and cons and deliverability of key initiatives.
✅ Benchmarking – Organisations were able to benchmark results and performance against comparable organisations. Also, they were able to benchmark issues specific to their industry.
Good organisations are the ones that will solicit opinions and not shy away from asking the difficult questions (whether they do this themselves or by using advisors/external forces to help). In our experience, the key factor is the organisation being prepared to really listen to, and act on, the feedback they obtain.