Pulse Surveys
Pulse surveys complement your Trust Index survey by providing continuous insights between larger measurement cycles, helping you to ensure that your actions are delivering the intended results and to identify emerging challenges before they become larger issues.
Pulse surveys are always included in the Accelerate subscription.
Already using Assess or Analyze and interested in running pulse surveys? Contact us to discuss your options.
Why Use Pulse Surveys?
- Gain deeper insights from your Trust Index
Your Trust Index results highlight the areas that matter most. Pulse surveys help you track progress against those priorities, understand how employee perceptions evolve over time, and focus on the teams or departments where additional insight is needed.
- Focus on what matters most, at the right time
Effective pulse surveys are not about collecting more data. They're about collecting the right data at the right moment.
Whether you're exploring workload, leadership effectiveness, onboarding experiences, wellbeing, or the impact of recent initiatives, pulse surveys make it easy to gather targeted employee feedback when it matters most.
- Demonstrate that feedback leads to action
Employees are more likely to share honest feedback when they can see that it results in meaningful change.
Pulse surveys help you assess whether actions and improvements are having the intended impact, strengthening trust, engagement, and accountability throughout the organization.
Inspiration
You can fully customize your pulse surveys with your own questions and statements. However, starting from scratch can sometimes feel overwhelming.
That is why our platform, Emprising, offers a wide range of ready-made statements across different themes. We have also developed additional example statements and question sets that you can use directly or draw inspiration from.
Sample questions - Employer Branding
Sample questions - Employee Engagement
Before You Begin
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- Define your purpose
What do you want to learn, validate, or improve?
A well-defined objective makes it easier to select the right questions and generate insights that can inform meaningful action. You can use Trust Index statements, create your own questions, or combine both approaches. - Choose your audience
Decide whether the survey should be distributed across the entire organization or targeted to a specific group.
Keep in mind that at least five responses are required before results can be displayed.
- Define your survey cadence
Pulse surveys can be conducted as a one-time measurement, monthly, quarterly, or whenever feedback is needed.
Consider how often you want to gather insights, when decisions need to be made, and how results will be communicated and acted upon.
Read this step-by-step-guide about how to create a pulse survey in Emprising.
- Define your purpose
FAQ
What are pulse surveys?
Pulse surveys are short, focused employee surveys designed to capture employee sentiment on a regular basis.
Unlike traditional employee surveys, which are typically conducted once or twice a year, pulse surveys are distributed more frequently and focus on a smaller number of questions. This allows organizations to monitor engagement, workplace experience, and employee wellbeing in real time.
With pulse syreys, organizations can:
- Gain continuous visibility into the employee experience
- Identify trends before they become problems
- Respond more quickly to employee concerns
- Make more informed, data-driven decisions
When should you use pulse surveys?
They are especially useful:
- Following organizational changes, such as restructuring or new leadership
- To follow up on employee survey results
- When working with engagement in a data-driven way
- To create an ongoing dialogue with employee
By using pulse surveys regularly, you can:
- Identify trends earlier
- Make better decisions
- Build a more engaged workforce
Pulse surveys vs. Trust Index survey
Pulse surveys and employee surveys serve different purposes and work best together.
An employee survey provides a comprehensive analysis of the organization's current state and is typically conducted once or twice a year. It offers a broad view of workplace culture and identifies key areas for improvement.
Pulsesurveys complement your Trust Index survey by:
- Tracking progress over time
- Measuring the impact of actions taken
- Identifying issues early
How do we invite employees?
You have several options:
- By email
- Through a personal survey link with a personal login code
- Through a generic survey link
The best option depends on your organization's structure and needs.
What types of questions can we use?
- Statements
- Demographic questions
- Open-ended questions
You can build a pulse survey using statements and questions from the Trust Index survey, create entirely new questions, or combine the two approaches.
Remember: Phrase statements positively, as results are reported as the percentage of positive responses
Can we target specific groups?
Yes. For example:
- Leadership teams
- Specific departments
- Specific demographic groups
Remember: A minimum of five responses is required for results to be displayed.