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Thoughts on what we've seen or been up to. Could be useful.

October 26, 2023

Another staff survey! Why will it be any different this time?

What happens when you need insight and feedback from staff but your organisation’s track record with staff surveys has not exactly been a success? For some, the disappointment was a poor response rate. For others, the results simply weren’t what they hoped for. Probably, nothing happened. Whatever the reason, for […]
June 15, 2022

What is a good survey response rate?

Generally, employee surveys get high response rates – the range for the last eight surveys we have run here is 64% to 88% We have had higher. And lower too. Anecdotally, I’ve had plenty of conversations where someone said their response rate was more like 48% (we’ve had a couple […]
October 26, 2023

Another staff survey! Why will it be any different this time?

What happens when you need insight and feedback from staff but your organisation’s track record with staff surveys has not exactly been a success? For some, the disappointment was a poor response rate. For others, the results simply weren’t what they hoped for. Probably, nothing happened. Whatever the reason, for […]
June 15, 2022

What is a good survey response rate?

Generally, employee surveys get high response rates – the range for the last eight surveys we have run here is 64% to 88% We have had higher. And lower too. Anecdotally, I’ve had plenty of conversations where someone said their response rate was more like 48% (we’ve had a couple […]