We’ve all filled out a survey at some point - whether that’s for a restaurant review, hoping they finally add more fries to the menu, or a hotel stay, begging for more free chocolate. But did you know that surveys can also be given to your employees regarding their wellness? Employee wellness surveys are a great way for you to get feedback from your team about how well you are supporting their well-being. But it’s not as simple as asking “Are you feeling well at work?” Luckily, we’ve compiled some wellness survey tips as well as a list of recommended survey questions.
Tips on How to Conduct Insightful Employee Wellness Surveys
The purpose of an employee wellness survey is to give you insights on your team’s well-being levels to help you improve employee satisfaction. Here are some tips to help you achieve this goal.
Tip #1: Ask the right questions
Survey questions need to be simple, clear and detailed to give you useful feedback. When crafting your questions, focus on gathering specific data that provides insights into the wellness areas you’re most interested in. Be sure to include a mix of both closed-ended and open-ended questions.
Tip #2: Keep it short
The survey should be short and concise. Ideally, the survey should take only a few minutes to complete. If the survey is too long, your employees may abandon it, leave questions unanswered or not put much thought into their responses.
Tip #3: Communicate about the survey
To maximize participation and engagement, you need to efficiently communicate about the survey. A great way to do this is to send a company-wide message that alerts employees of the survey and its intended purpose. It is also important to encourage transparency and reassure employees that their feedback will be anonymous.
Tip #4: Send a thank you message
After the survey, send a thank you message to your team to express that you appreciate and value their feedback. It’s also a good idea to include details about the survey results to show employees that their feedback was heard. For example, “Thank you to everyone for taking the time to answer the employee wellness survey last week. We’ve noticed that many of you have expressed concerns about the current state of the breakroom and we are working with the management team to discuss some renovations.”
Employee Wellness Survey Question Ideas
1) How are you feeling at this moment?
This is a great question to start with and allows you to check in with the employee and the current state of their wellness.
2) Do you feel like your organization supports your overall well-being?
This question is direct and allows you to get feedback that specifically targets the employee’s workplace wellness.
3) Do you have access to comfortable and adequate office equipment and infrastructure (on-site and at home)?
This gives you insights on the employee’s environment and signals to you if workplace improvements are needed.
4) Do you feel like the benefits provided by your organization support your overall health?
This question allows you to see the impact and effectiveness of your current benefits program.
5) Do you feel like your organization provides access to adequate wellness resources?
This question gives you information on how your current wellness initiatives are working and if employees need further resources.
6) What wellness-promoting initiatives would you like to see in the workplace?
This question can help you to uncover the areas of employee wellness that you may be neglecting.
7) How can your organization help improve employee wellness?
No one knows that your employees need better than your employees themselves. This question gives you insights on the wellness changes that your employees want to see.
All it takes is a few short minutes to significantly improve your employees’ wellness. By taking the time to create and implement an employee wellness survey you can improve employee engagement, increase productivity, and foster a happy and healthy workplace. That said, while
all of these ideas are a great start, the survey that is going to work best for your team is one that is created specifically with your team’s needs in mind. Here at STEPS, we offer small businesses with employee management and can work with you to create tailored wellness services that can help you best understand and support the well-being of your employees. Visit the services section or contact page of our website to learn more about how we can support the wellness of your employees.
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