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Platform Updates

Enhanced Sorting for Summary & Hotspot Charts

A powerful new enhancement to the People Element platform reports just launched…advanced chart filtering for your Summary & HotSpot charts! Now, you can dive even deeper into your data analysis by filtering for specific questions, demographics, categories, and key drivers within these charts.

Whether you're seeking insights on a particular demographic group, exploring specific categories, or identifying key drivers behind trends, these new filters empower you to focus on the data that matters most to your analysis.

Where are these filters available in reporting?

1. Summary chart in the ‘View By’ selection and the ‘Category’ column.
2. HotSpot chart under the ‘View By’ selection in the chart.

How it works:

1. Open the filter feature by clicking on the funnel icon
2. (Optional) Use the search bar to search for your desired filter(s) by key words
3. Use the checkboxes to select/deselect your desired filter(s)
4. Click blue Apply button and see your filtered results

Use this new filter feature today to further tailor your reports and presentations to specific data!

Upcoming Webinar

Join us on April 23rd at 12pm MT for part two of Ryan Johansen's Beating Burnout webinar series. He will cover proactive solutions that you can start to use within your team to mitigate workplace burnout levels. 

Here's what you'll learn:

• Why most well-intentioned efforts fall short.
• The biggest obstacles to buy-in and adoption. 
• Learn three realistic strategies to get quick wins and start building momentum. 

If you missed part one, you can access the recording and slide deck, here.

Clarifying your Quantitative Data

Being Strategic with Open-Ended Questions

When collecting employee feedback, open-ended questions can capture a wealth of information. These questions allow the participant to go in-depth on a topic or provide feedback that you wouldn’t otherwise have thought about asking. However, depending on the length of your survey, you’ll want to be strategic when using open-ended questions as they require more thought and can increase the time for a participant to complete a survey.

Broad Approach

Since you can’t create a survey item specific to everything on an employee’s mind, you can effectively leverage an approach with broader open-ended questions to uncover greater detail (see the following examples).

• What do you enjoy most about working at this organization?
• What could most improve this organization as a place to work?

These invaluable open-ended questions are broad enough to give the participant the freedom to speak on any topic, while still providing you with clear strengths and opportunities. Furthermore, you’ll likely get feedback on a variety of topics without having to add an open-ended question for each. 

Topical Approach

Alternatively, sometimes you want in-depth feedback on a specific topic or item. For example, maybe you continue to see the same low-scoring agreement scale item on your employee survey for the past couple of years and want more detail. You can accomplish this by incorporating an open-ended question to follow up that item in your survey (see the following example).

• Agreement Scale Item:  I receive the training I need to be successful at my job.
• Open-Ended Question:  If you answered 3 or below to the previous item, what training would help you be more successful?

The follow-up open-ended question gives the participant the freedom to detail the training they need and will likely give you the data you need to take action. 

Remember, not every survey item needs a follow-up open-ended question, however, adding one when needed can be a game changer!

Meet the Team

Name: Shanna Mitchell

Title: Client Success Manager

Homebase: Detroit, Michigan

Fun Fact: I taught Art and History for 10 years.

What do you like to do outside of work?

I am a runner. Running is my happy place. I also love design and home renovation projects. Last but not least, I am a mom to a teenage daughter (and one dog 😊), who I absolutely love and am beyond proud of.

What is your “key driver” in doing what you do?

Helping clients to find ways to be more effective and efficient. Leveraging their data to set realistic goals that can truly inspire change within an organization. Transparency and clear communication are two factors that can help almost any organization get to the next level.

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