At Work with The Ready 18. If You Won’t Make Changes, That Employee Engagement Survey Is a Waste of Time
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Sep 2, 2024 Employee engagement surveys are often misguided, capturing only surface-level issues instead of the core challenges within organizations. The discussion reveals how these surveys can breed distrust and lead to false conclusions about workplace culture. Instead of traditional methods, a dynamic, conversational approach is advocated to genuinely understand employee sentiments. The speakers emphasize the importance of trust, collaboration, and directly engaging with employees to foster real improvement and meaningful change in workplace dynamics.
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Good Leader, Bad Peer
- Rodney describes being a great team leader but a poor peer.
- She prioritized her team's needs above all, even resorting to stealing resources from colleagues.
Outdated OS
- Employee engagement surveys, like RACIs and performance management, are often outdated operating system patterns.
- Organizations hesitate to abandon them due to perceived risk and lack of better alternatives.
Servant Leadership Pitfalls
- Rodney recounts working with a CEO who took employee unhappiness very personally.
- This created an unhealthy dynamic of the CEO as a problem-solver burdened by employee issues.