Has The Engagement Survey Outlived Its Usefulness
Should We Still Be Using Them?
Employee engagement continues to be one of the key predictors of financial and other success for an organization. I think? As someone who has spent a great deal of time promoting engagement and touting its benefits, this is a difficult question to ponder. It started when I read an article entitled A Tsunami of Surveys in Business Insider. Essentially, it points out many of the flaws with these surveys - but nothing really new.
The question really is separated into two parts. Part 1: Is engagement a good measurement to use? I can’t see any reason why not as it is still an excellent predictor of success. Part 2 is more interesting: Are surveys (particularly company-wide surveys) the best way to measure engagement?