Culture & Engagement
Both culture and engagement are vital components of a healthy and successful business. Culture and engagement surveys are utilised by many big businesses to measure the health of their organisation and identify areas that they can improve upon. This growth mindset not only helps to keep employees engaged and enjoying their work but also helps grow the overall performance and success of the business
Are There Any Tests for Workplace Culture?
The culture, values, employee engagement and wellbeing within an organisation are widely acknowledged as having key influences on its performance and effectiveness. These influences can be both positive and negative, and may impact on both harder quantitative aspects of organisational performance (e.g. productivity, profitability) and softer qualitative aspects (e.g. staff morale, motivation and team work).
It has also been suggested that the most effective business leaders are those who pay attention not only to what a company does in terms of its operations, but also to how it does it. Additionally, the impact of an organisation's culture and values often extends beyond those who work directly for it - for example, it can also impact on customers, suppliers and prospective recruits.
An organisation's culture and values will therefore have a crucial impact on the way it operates. It influences what behaviours are rewarded, how people work together and how decisions are made. Managers need to have access to accurate, reliable and comprehensive information about their organisation's perceived culture and values and to act promptly yet sensitively to deal with the implications that follow.
It is not until you have identified your organisation's strengths and development needs that you can create an effective solution that will form a solid foundation for the future. Culture & Engagement provides you with the foundation stone for change in your organisation, and is a real catalyst for improving business performance.
An Organisation's Culture & Values Are Measured By Its Employees On The Following Scales
Our strategy requires as many employees as possible within the organisation or one of its sites to rate how they perceive the organisation.
For example, if everyone in the survey answered 'strongly agree' to the questions related to a specific culture and values area (e.g. Team Work) then the score would be a '10'. It is a measure of how employees feel about your organisation. The different areas that employees can rank are below:
Organisational Culture
Clarity of Vision
The awareness of the aims and objectives of the organisation and how it means to reach them.
Motivation
The enthusiasm for working at the organisation and willingness to contribute to its success.
Learning From Mistakes
The ability for an organisation to learn from its mistakes and take steps to avoid repeating them.
Brand
Shows how much your employees understand what it means to work for your organisation and actively promote its ideals.
Organisational Wellbeing
The extent to which people feel the organisation has a helpful and effective policy on wellbeing and supports its employees in this respect.
Organisational Engagement
How engaging the organisation is to work for as a whole in the opinion of its employees, together with their views on how it treats others.
People Values
Integrity
The emphasis on colleagues being honest, open, trusting and fair with each other.
Team Work
The encouragement within an organisation for people to co-operate and work together.
Customer Focus
The importance placed on customers and their needs by an organisation.
Diversity
The recognition and respect for individuality and diversity within an organisation.
Staff Development
The emphasis on training staff and encouraging them to learn new skills.
Personal Wellbeing
The degree of wellbeing experienced by the people who work for the organisation and how much they minimise their levels of stress.
Personal Engagement
How engaged people feel working for the organisation and how much they are inspired by doing so.
Task Values
Quality
The maintenance of high work standards, eliminating faults and improvement of procedures.
Innovation
The encouragement of new ideas and approaches, original thinking and creativity.
Business Focus
The weight an organisation places on performance, profit, commercial success and growth.
Autonomy
The freedom of colleagues to work in their own way, take the initiative and implement their ideas.
Performance
Shows how much your employees feel that they get regular feedback on their performance and understand how their role contributes to success.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Cultural surveys involve looking at the collective behaviour and expectations of employees, while employee engagement surveys focus more on the factors that motivate an employee to continuously perform at their best. Our surveys look at both, as well as areas like wellbeing and values.
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