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Flipping the script on employee engagement
We’ve run employee surveys into the ground, and surprise—now they’re useless.
We’ve bombarded employees with surveys for decades, yet nothing changes. No wonder they’ve stopped giving useful feedback. What if we flipped the script? Instead of grilling the workforce - with no outcome - let’s audit HR - their policies, their impact on employee satisfaction, and everything related to the survey questions they hand out to employees.
Why not start by examining what HR is actually doing to build engaging, motivating environments? Without that foundation, surveys are pointless. No structure, no real change—just another exercise in gathering feedback that leads nowhere.
Listen in for a detailed discussion on how HR standards tackle survey fatigue and transform engagement strategies, including the role of AI in shaping employee behavior.
Companies must stop spending money on these surveys and focus on their actions
First of all, the workforce is silent. We have screwed them over with these surveys so many times that now we cannot get anything useful out of them. They don’t care. They don’t contribute. They just give you ok or good scores so you can leave them alone. And guess what? It works. Companies see their “good” scores, pat themselves on the back, and remain blissfully unaware of the reality.
Organizations have poured billions into engagement surveys, but what if the real problem is HR’s entire approach to engagement? Has anyone stopped to ask, “Do these practices even work?” Are the HR structure, policies, initiatives, programs, processes aligned with what engages employees? Are they aligned with the questions engagement surveys are asking? Are they effective?
Maybe HR isn’t ignoring employee feedback—maybe it’s stuck in a system that prevents action. If the organization lacks the structure, resources, or competence to address survey results, what’s the point of running them in the first place? Collecting endless feedback without the ability to act on it isn’t engagement—it’s just corporate delusion wrapped in a feel-good slogan: “We care about our employees.”
Imagine, instead of surveying employees we had a set of standards like this and we could check what HR is doing in order to facilitate the desired engagement, motivation, and performance? Well, it is a real thing, you don’t have to imagine it (details below)!
Engagement surveys are probably the worst way to fix an organization. Why? Because they’re built on assumptions. Are you even sure your people care about what you’re measuring? Probably not—and that’s the problem. Read the below article and find out how wrong you might be. If you want a survey conduct a survey the article describes.
Stop with the surveys. You’re getting it all wrong. In fact, I’d go as far as to say they might be the very reason you’re struggling to solve your real issues.
What we do?
We win HR awards for our clients - Most Innovative HR Solution & Best Talent Management Initiative.
Most importantly, I address the gap this article highlights. What on earth is HR up to? Are their initiatives effective?
Our standards provide HR with an easy-to-follow roadmap, removing uncertainty and delivering measurable results. This structured cycle ensures that organizations remain proactive, agile, and committed to delivering a world-class employee experience.
Contact us and let’s transform your HR. HR doesn't have to be difficult but you must fire fighting and be strategic.
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