A successful employee survey requires more than a good questionnaire. Clear objectives, trust in data protection, clear communication and a visible commitment to taking concrete action based on the results are crucial.
12 Practical Tips for Your Employee Survey
The following pages explore specific aspects of planning, questionnaire design, participation and technical pitfalls in more detail.
Planning and Acceptance
Structuring Your Questionnaire
- Tip 3: Choose the Right Question Types
- Tip 4: Formulate Questions Correctly
- Tip 5: Use Branching and Skip Logic
- Tip 6: Add Variation to Your Questionnaire
- Tip 7: Pay Attention to Question Order
- Tip 8: Use Pre-Selection Strategically
- Tip 9: Design Clear Answer Options
Ensuring Quality and Participation
- Tip 10: Run a Validation Check
- Tip 11: Provide Help for Participants
- Tip 12: Avoid IP Blocks and Technical Participation Barriers
Avoid Common Mistakes
- Talking to the works council, managers or data protection officers too late
- Claiming anonymity without clearly explaining how it is ensured
- Asking too many or unclear questions
- Presenting results without taking any action based on them
Key Success Factors for Employee Surveys
What is LamaPoll?
LamaPoll is a survey tool for creating employee surveys and measuring employee satisfaction. You can use it to create, conduct and analyse all types of employee survey. Create your employee survey in just a few steps, apply your organisation’s corporate design and invite employees conveniently by email or via your intranet. You can quickly gain insights that help improve employee satisfaction. You can register for our survey tool free of charge and immediately conduct surveys for up to 50 employees with no obligation. If you need more responses to your online employee survey questionnaire, simply choose one of our monthly plans. You can also use our employee survey questionnaire templates and examples.
