How Do I Create an Effective Employee of the Month Survey? Seeking HR Insights

Dear All,

I would like to introduce myself as MohanaPriya N, working as HR in a private IT Concern. In our organization, we have planned to motivate employees by selecting one employee every month and awarding the employee as "Employee of the Month."

I would like to know the checklist to conduct an internal survey among employees on performance, interaction, etc. Also, I would like to know what matrices are required from an HR point of view in this survey.

Expecting a response at riya_hr@yahoo.co.in.

Priya

Dear Mohana Priya,

Please visit the following link: - Employee Recognition Formal Recognition. This link will give you an idea on how to proceed further on this subject.

Thanks,
Dinesh V Divekar

Dear Dinesh,

Thank you for your valuable information. This will help me to understand and proceed with the recognition program.

I would also like to request a form or template for an internal employee survey. This survey will help us gather the employees' views and ideas about the organization and their colleagues.

Kindly assist me with this.

Priya

Dear Priya,

What you are talking about is nothing but "Employee Perception Survey".

To conduct these kinds of surveys, your organization should be quite mature. Instead of getting into these higher-level HR interventions, first ask yourself - "do I do everything that HR Management theory tells me?" The answer to this query will be revealed when you conduct an HR Audit. Address the gaps identified in the HR Audit Report.

Secondly, have you defined departmental objectives for every department? Check whether each department operates according to its process manual. If yes, then what is the process variation? What steps do you take to mitigate this variation?

Employee surveys, though beneficial, are serious undertakings. There is a well-known proverb in Hindi and other Indian languages, "Hath ke Kangan ko Aarsi Kyon". Ensure your survey does not fall into this category.

Employee Survey reports often reveal surprising outcomes. Does your management have the willpower to take corrective action? Otherwise, this entire exercise will be in vain.

Regards,

Dinesh V Divekar Management and Behavioral Training Consultant

Hello Priya:

"We in our organization"
Who is the "we"?
How many employees?
"has planned to motivate employees by selecting one
employee every month and awarding the employee
as "Employee of the month".
If we want to motivate an employee, we need to work with that employee, not the employee's coworkers. Employers that reward one employee at a time do not motivate all employees.

"I would like to know the checklist to conduct
Internal survey among employees on performance."
Ask the employees' supervisors.
"Interaction etc."
A 360 may be effective.

Dear Bob Gately,

The strength is 11(Staffing Division), I am working for our organization's staffing division.
I do accept that, to motivate employees, have to work with the employees and to ask for the supervisor's evaluation feedback, but along with these, in order to have opinion's from co-worker's also (on performance, Interaction level among employees, Sharing information with co-workers etc), decided to go with internal survey. Kindly help me.

Expecting your kind response.

Thanks
Priya