This article summarizes Teamspective's standard engagement survey questions.

The questions model has been crafted based on scientific research on work psychology and human behaviour, combined with best practices for survey design.

Teamspective periodically analyses tens of thousands survey responses to ensure the surveys yield high quality insights, and the question library is updated based on the findings.

Question model structure

Questions are divided into 3 KPIs: Engagement, Wellbeing and DEIB.

Each KPI is calculated based on themes. For example how employees perceive the quality of Teamwork and Motivation have high influence on their overall Engagement.

Each question may be included in one or more themes, depending where it measures valuable information. For example question Team Effectiveness belongs only to Teamwork theme, while Satisfaction with Feedback influences the scores of Feedback, Leadership and Personal Growth themes.

KPI: Engagement

Theme: Teamwork

Question name	Question	Included by default	Included in other KPIs/Themes
Team effectiveness	My team works together effectively	Yes
Dependability	Do you trust your colleagues to deliver quality work in schedule?	Yes
Communication in team	Do you get enough information about the progress and delays in your colleagues' work?	Yes
Help and support	I get the support I need in my work	Yes	Leadership, Psychological safety
Strengths utilization	When I collaborate with colleagues at work, my unique skills and talents are valued and utilized	Yes	Psychological safety
Clarity of Goals	Is it clear what you should focus on and prioritize?	Yes	Motivation, Leadership
Coordination	Based on my experience, collaboration between teams is fluent	Yes

Theme: Motivation

Question name	Question	Included by default	Included in other KPIs/Themes
Autonomy	Can you influence your own work and decisions impacting it?	Yes
Competence	Do you feel confident that you can do your job well?	Yes	Mental wellbeing
Impact	I can see how my work contributes to the company's purpose	Yes	Company culture & practices
Clarity of Goals	Is it clear what you should focus on and prioritize?	Yes	Teamwork, Leadership
Pace of learning	I'm able to learn and improve at the expected pace	Yes	Personal growth
Personal growth	I get to try new things and stretch my abilities in my job		Personal growth
Effectiveness	I'm able to consistently progress my main objectives at work	Yes
Accomplishment	Most days I feel a sense of accomplishment for my work	Yes	Personal growth
Satisfaction with Feedback	Are you satisfied with the quality and amount of feedback you get at work?	Yes	Leadership, Feedback
Relationships	I have mutually supportive relationships with people at work	Yes
Acceptance	I feel accepted as part of the working community	Yes	Wellbeing, Perceived equality
Fitting in	How often do you find it hard to fit in at work?		Perceived equality
Belonging	I feel a sense of belonging at this company		Perceived equality

Theme: Leadership

Question name	Question	Included by default	Included in other KPIs/Themes
Performance issues	Performance issues are addressed appropriately in our company	Yes
Help and support	I get the support I need in my work	Yes	Teamwork, Psychological safety
Clarity of Goals	Is it clear what you should focus on and prioritize?	Yes	Motivation, Teamwork
Satisfaction with Feedback	Are you satisfied with the quality and amount of feedback you get at work?	Yes	Motivation, Feedback
Feedback to leaders	The leaders I work with want to hear my feedback and suggestions	Yes	Feedback
Role expectations	It is completely clear what is expected of me in my role	Yes	Feedback
Recognition frequency	I receive recognition or praise for doing good work on a weekly basis	Yes	Feedback
Goal setting	We have a high quality process for defining goals and tracking progress	Yes	Company culture & practices
Tools and resources	I have easy access to the tools and resources I need in my work
Dealing with problems	I have confidence in our management's ability to identify, prioritize, and solve problems
Manager attention	My work gets enough attention from my direct manager
Appreciation	Do you feel appreciated enough at work?		Feedback

Theme: Personal Growth

Question name	Question	Included by default	Included in other KPIs/Themes
Pace of learning	I'm able to learn and improve at the expected pace	Yes	Motivation
Accomplishment	Most days I feel a sense of accomplishment for my work	Yes	Motivation
Redirection	I regularly get feedback that helps me grow	Yes	Feedback
Career opportunities	Are you satisfied with the career opportunities in your job?
Personal growth	I get to try new things and stretch my abilities in my job		Motivation
Interest in work	I find my work personally interesting

Theme: Feedback

Question name	Question	Included by default	Included in other KPIs/Themes
Satisfaction with Feedback	Are you satisfied with the quality and amount of feedback you get at work?	Yes	Motivation, Leadership
Role expectations	It is completely clear what is expected of me in my role	Yes	Leadership
Redirection	I regularly get feedback that helps me grow	Yes	Personal growth
Recognition frequency	I receive recognition or praise for doing good work on a weekly basis	Yes	Leadership
Feedback to leaders	The leaders I work with want to hear my feedback and suggestions	Yes	Leadership
Giving feedback	I regularly give feedback to my colleagues	Yes
Appreciation	Do you feel appreciated enough at work?		Leadership

Theme: Psychological Safety

Question name	Question	Included by default	Included in other KPIs/Themes
Mistake tolerance	If you make a mistake in your work, it is often held against you	Yes
Voicing concerns	Me and my colleagues are able to bring up problems and tough issues	Yes
Strengths utilization	When I collaborate with colleagues at work, my unique skills and talents are valued and utilized	Yes	Teamwork
Help and support	I get the support I need in my work	Yes	Teamwork, Leadership
Accepting differences	In our company, all people are accepted for who they are despite their differences	Yes	Equality practices
Rejecting differences	My colleagues sometimes reject others for being different		Equality practices
Risk tolerance	It is safe to take a risk in my work
Social undermining	No colleague would deliberately act in a way that undermines my efforts
Barrier to help	It is difficult to ask for help from my colleagues
Psychological Safety	Do you ever hesitate to disagree or to voice your concerns at work?

Theme: Company culture & practices

Question name	Question	Included by default	Included in other KPIs/Themes
Fairness	Do you think people are being treated fairly and equally at work?	Yes
Impact	I can see how my work contributes to the company's purpose	Yes	Motivation
Goal setting	We have a high quality process for defining goals and tracking progress	Yes	Leadership
Company ambition	Our company has a high standard for performance and quality of work
Understanding mission	Our company's mission is clear to me
Meaningful mission	I find the company mission personally meaningful	Yes
Confidence in future	I have great confidence in our company's future
Understanding strategy	I understand how our company's strategy makes us competitive in the market
Values	People working for this company understand and follow the company values
Rewarding	I get a fair compensation (pay, benefits) for my contributions at this company
Agility	Our company's processes allow enough flexibility when needed
Processes	Our company has sufficient processes that clarify how things should be done
Support for wellbeing	Employee wellbeing is a clear priority in our company
Career progression	I believe my next career step is taken within this company

Theme: eNPS

Question name	Question	Included by default	Included in other KPIs/Themes
eNPS	On a scale from 0-10, how likely are you to recommend your organisation as a good place to work?	Yes

KPI: Wellbeing

Theme: Mental wellbeing

Question name	Question	Included by default	Included in other KPIs/Themes
Wellbeing	How are you feeling at work?	Yes
Stress	Any stress in my role is manageable	Yes
Sick leave	I'm able to take time off when I'm sick or unwell	Yes	Physical health & safety
Sense of control	I have a strong sense of control of my work	Yes
Acceptance	I feel accepted as part of the working community	Yes	Motivation, Perceived equality
Recovery	On most days, I feel recovered when starting to work	Yes	Physical health & safety
Reasonable workload	Most weeks my workload is reasonable	Yes
Competence	Do you feel confident that you can do your job well?	Yes	Motivation
Remote policies	Our remote working policies support my productivity and wellbeing

Theme: Physical health & safety

Question name	Question	Included by default	Included in other KPIs/Themes
Recovery	On most days, I feel recovered when starting to work	Yes	Mental wellbeing
Safety	Our company has high enough standards for employee safety at work	Yes
Sick leave	I'm able to take time off when I'm sick or unwell	Yes	Wellbeing
Equipment	I have access to equipment that meets my standards and makes my job safe

KPI: DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging)

Theme: Perceived equality

Question name	Question	Included by default	Included in other KPIs/Themes
Acceptance	I feel accepted as part of the working community	Yes	Motivation, Wellbeing
Fitting in	How often do you find it hard to fit in at work?		Motivation
Belonging	I feel a sense of belonging at this company		Motivation

Theme: Equality practices

Question name	Question	Included by default	Included in other KPIs/Themes
Non-discrimination	Leaders in our company react to cases of discrimination appropriately	Yes
Accepting differences	In our company, all people are accepted for who they are despite their differences	Yes	Psychological safety
Diversity	Our company is successfully creating a diverse workforce
Equal opportunity	In our company, people are given equal opportunities to succeed and advance in their career
Rejecting differences	My colleagues sometimes reject others for being different		Psychological safety