"It's survey time!"🎙

We’re like family here. And by that, we forward each other memes, make Ashley sit at the kids’ table and all try to get added to Leigh’s cell data plan. This week’s email is brought to you by Workleap - back-to-back weeks! Workleap sets your organization up to create moments that matter. If you want a tool that simplifies your team’s work, and provides you strong ROI in onboarding, employee engagement, managing performance, getting and giving feedback and recognizing your teams, check out Workleap - you can set up a demo and check it out for yourself. And… tell them the “HR Besties” sent you, and you’ll get a special discount.

Whether you're sipping coffee or tea (or something more fun), listen to today’s episode on something near and dear to the HR Besties - workplace culture and how we truly get feedback about it from teams.

As some inside intel, this is the last of the episodes we recorded in January in Atlanta - brand-new episodes from our recent San Antonio weekend will keep coming out each Wednesday. Get ready - when we recorded, there were some serious moments… and some serious “OMG” moments you’ll hear soon.

But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. In this episode:

• Intro Story: Ashley loved living in Australia, but really loves talking about living in Australia (and find out what unique dating site launched when she lived there - she loved playing wingwoman!)

• Corporate Cringe Speak: “Family vibes” are a good thing… until it’s time to let someone know they’re not getting a pay raise (although we would likely tell Uncle Bob to stop cooking fish in the microwave).

• Engagement Surveys: Are they really anonymous? And who fixates on “who said what” in the text boxes? (hint - it’s not HR…)

• Questions & Comments: Our favorite engagement activities ever (and go to our Instagram to see visuals of Jamie’s)

Discussion Guide for Your Team (Questions for your team meeting or podcast discussion club):

• Feedback on “Family”: Have you heard “we’re like family” at work? Does that create unrealistic expectations, and how can we accurately describe our culture instead?

• Survey Insights & Actions: What were the takeaways from the recent engagement survey—what did it reveal about our team’s morale and motivation? Do team members feel like they can trust us to take feedback and act on it? How can we act on it, and tell our teams what we’re doing?

• A Different World: What are regional or global terms you’ve heard that have completely different meanings than you’re used to?

Give the episode a listen, reach out to share your thoughts, and if you listen on Spotify, take part in our poll every episode. This week’s poll is about what you’ve seen as a result of employee engagement surveys.

And don’t forget to give us a rating and review if you like the show - it makes us feel engaged!

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