The Flaws and Fallacies of Normative Data
Written by jmorehouse on date 03 June 2010 in Employee Surveys , Straight Talk .
Compared to the Fastest Company in the Slow Lane
Comparing the results of your employee survey with normative data is often seen as being valuable. However, upon
closer and more thoughtful examination, such comparisons at best do little more than make nice slide presentations. At
worst, they lead to complacency and can be destructive to your organization’s ability to achieve its objectives.
Essentially all larger companies today conduct employee surveys. Many conduct such surveys at regular intervals, such as
annually or bi-annually. Others do so less frequently, or only when a specific event or environment precipitates the
perceived need ...
What's Stopping You from Getting Real Value out of Employee Surveys?
Written by jmorehouse on date 02 June 2010 in Employee Engagement , Employee Surveys .
Have Employee Surveys Become Too Commonplace?
In most of today’s larger organizations, employee surveys have become commonplace. And, on the surface at least,
that would seem to be a very positive thing.
Employee surveys, after all, are intended to be a form of two-way communication with members of a company’s workforce. They are intended to provide senior managers with invaluable insight related to how employees think and feel about their jobs and their futures. They are intended to help management assess and measure things that would otherwise be ambiguous, like degrees of “alignment” and “employee engagement”. They are ...
