PeoplePulse E-Newsletter - May 2008

Welcome to our latest quarterly PeoplePulse Newsletter for clients and colleagues where we aim to provide a range of useful information to help you get the most from your feedback program.


In This issue ...

Feature Article: What Talent Wants - Talent Gets


So what do the most talented employees want from their jobs?

Well known Australian speaker on employee engagement, James Adonis, recently completed a fascinating study using PeoplePulse to uncover what the top 10% of the workforce want at work. His study, 'What Talent Wants, Talent Gets,' provides a number of useful insights to help you keep your staff engaged and ultimately retain their services.

Based on James Adonis' study of 260 of the world's most talented employees, 49% of respondents answered 'No' to the question 'Do you feel that you're paid enough for the work that you do?' compared with 42% who answered 'Yes.' 'Bureaucracy' was also cited as the area that employees disliked the most about their current job.

To find out more about how employees responded to questions such as 'What motivates you most at work?' and 'How long do you plan on staying with your current employer,' click here now to read the free report. (PDF)


Welcome to the PeoplePulse Family!

The number of new PeoplePulse users continues to rapidly grow, with another 20 new clients joining us since our last newsletter. As such, we would like to officially welcome the following organisations to the PeoplePulse family:


Did you know?

PeoplePulse offers a ‘Retention Pack’ specifically designed to assist companies in gaining actionable feedback throughout all stages of the employee’s lifecycle. The Retention Pack consists of:

1. A New Hire Feedback Survey
2. A Stay / High Performer Survey

3. An Exit Survey.

Perhaps you are currently doing one of these surveys but are interested in knowing more about the other options? In any case, if you would like to discuss these surveys further please give Bronwyn or Natalie a call on (02) 9232 0172.

  • Association of Business Managers in Victorian State Schools (ABMVSS)
  • Beaumont Consulting
  • Cardlink
  • Challenge Recruitment
  • Cox Purtell
  • DHL
  • Dreamworld
  • Future Platform
  • Growcom
  • Guardian Trust
  • Minter Ellison
  • Moriah College
  • National Heart Foundation
  • National Safety Council of Australia (NSCA)
  • Strategy 1 HR
  • Roche
  • Visy Board
  • The Good Guys
  • TMP Worldwide Asia Pacific
  • The Arts Centre
  • Siemens
If you know anyone else that you believe we may be able to assist, we'd be happy to help! Simply drop us their details by completing our brief referral survey or point them our way!

 

Latest PeoplePulse Enhancements - How They Can Benefit You:


In recent weeks, the PeoplePulse tool has undergone a number of new enhancements designed to make the Reporting Console even more useful and user-friendly. These changes are now live and available to all users.

A summary of some of these enhancements is listed below. PeoplePulse clients can expect to receive a full explanation of each enhancement and tips on how to get the most out of them in a separate communications piece arriving soon.

1. In the Overview Report there is now the option to include a Strengths and Weaknesses Summary. As the name suggests, the Strengths and Weaknesses Summary shows you a list of the top 5 weighted responses in your survey, and the bottom 5 areas in need of the most attention. You also have the option of selecting how many Strengths and Weaknesses to display on the page. This enhancement is a fantastic way to get a quick gauge on the key action areas arising from your survey.

2. The maximum allowable characters in the 'Question:' text field in the survey-building module has been extended from 100 characters with spaces to 250 characters characters with spaces. This has increased usability by allowing more of the question label that survey respondents see to be viewed in reports.

3. Any answer lists that make use of our scoring facility (eg. Excellent = a score of 5) can now display results as 'text' (eg. 'Excellent') OR display as scores (eg. '5') in our Responses Report. This additional function will prove particularly useful for those wish to export their PeoplePulse results for a more in-depth statistical analysis.

4. A Radar Graph has been added to our existing charting options within the Question Group Report. The Radar Graph enables users to draw visual comparisons between any questions or pre-loaded data on the same graph. See example below:

5. The entire PeoplePulse charting functionality has also now been upgraded. The charts display a richer colour scheme and are more interactive (eg. you can rotate or slice pie graphs online). Importantly, you can now right mouse click on any chart and save them as a JPG image. This in turn allows you to easily insert PeoplePulse charts into any Word document, PowerPoint presentation, or website.

We hope you will find these enhancements useful, and stay tuned for more system developments later this year.

A Warm Welcome to our Newest Team Member!

With much sadness do we report that our highly valued Sales & Marketing Co-ordinator - Ms Joey Franks - will be leaving us on Friday 23rd May. Joey's partner has secured a new job in Scotland of all places, and Joey has decided to move with him and see whether she can survive the elements. Joey has been a fantastic staff member and a great asset to our team - we wish her well and will miss her greatly!

Thankfully we have appointed a new replacement for Joey and have been busy training her over the last 4 weeks. Melissa is a great addition to our team and you can find out more about her by reading her profile below:


Melissa Domingo

Sales and Marketing Co-ordinator



Melissa Domingo joined the Quinntessential Marketing team in April 2008. Melissa has over 5 years experience within the Offline and Online Marketing arena.

Prior to joining Quinntessential Marketing, Melissa spent 4½ years within a financial institution before entering the media industry as Digital Coordinator for popular subscription television channels such as ARENA TV, [V], MAX and CMC. Her experience has seen her responsible for the project management of a number of large digital assignments. As such Melissa is adept at executing projects smoothly, on budget, and on time!

Melissa’s role with Quinntessential focuses on the survey and reward program implementation process, co-ordination of all survey and reward program development, client training and support. Melissa is also responsible for the build and implementation of Quinntessential’s new websites and other online initiatives to support the organisation’s growing market.

Melissa describes herself as focused, motivated, determined, yet fun. In her spare time she loves spending time with her children, being with family and friends and would love to one day travel the world with her boys and see a Manchester United match at Old Trafford!


Did you Know? . . .


"Response rates vary widely for different types of surveys. Customer satisfaction surveys and market research surveys often have response rates in the 10% - 30% range. Employee surveys typically have a response rate of 25% - 60%. Regardless of the type of survey you are conducting, you can have a major effect on the number of respondents who complete your survey."

- Source: CustomInsight


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Thank you for taking the time to read the quarterly PeoplePulse eNewsletter – we hope that you found it useful and informative.

If you would like further information on any of the content covered above, or if there are any topics that you would like to see covered in future issues, please email us at newsletter [at ].peoplepulse.com.au.

Until next issue, all the best.

Kind Regards,
 
Paul Quinn
Managing Director
Quinntessential Marketing Consulting
Ph +61 2 9232 0172

http://www.quinntessential.com.au/

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Did you know?? ....

Common uses of PeoplePulse include:

1. Measure Employee / Customer Satisfaction & Feedback:

 Survey NameTypical Survey Frequency
 Employee / Customer Satisfaction and Motivation Quarterly
 Staff Cultural Vitality SurveysYearly
 Salary Satisfaction / Salary SurveysYearly
 Career-Path Assessment Quarterly, Yearly
 Employee Award Nomination As needed
 Corporate Suggestion Box All the time
 Exit Interviews (and/or Post Exit Surveys - eg. 6 months after)As needed
 Stay Survey (or Pre-Exit Survey)As needed


2. Measure Recruiting Programs:

 Survey NameTypical Survey Frequency
 Pre-Interview Assessment All the time
 Post-Interview Follow-Up All the time
 Graduate Program EffectivenessAs needed
 New Starter feedback - after 30 / 60 /90 daysAs needed
 Soliciting Employee Referrals All the time
 Employee Reference ChecksAll the time


3. Measure Training:

 Survey NameTypical Survey Frequency
 Job Competencies Survey As needed
 Post-training feedback As needed
 Skills Assessment / Training Needs AnalysisAs needed
 Job Skills Inventory As needed
 Corporate Policy Knowledge As needed


4. Measure Benefits:

 Survey NameTypical Survey Frequency
 Employee Benefits UsageQuarterly, Yearly
 Benefits Requirements Annually


5. Other:

 Survey NameTypical Survey Frequency
 OHS compliance and/or training audit As needed
 Website Exit Survey (What did people think of your site)All the time


Feel free to contact us to discuss how PeoplePulse can help you with any of the surveys above. Just use our online product demo request form, OR phone us on +61 2 9232 0172.



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