Corporate Wellness Blog

Successful wellness programs are designed to meet the needs and interests of the personnel. Ask personnel what they are interested in, and what needs they have.

Individuals  are more willing to participate and support wellness efforts if they are involved in the decision-making process. Review the sample staff member survey provided below.

Employee Interest Survey – can be edited (http – //www.ibx.com/pdfs/custom/workplace_wellness/corporation_tools/employee_interest_survey.doc)

When developing a recent survey, keep the following hints in mind –

• Ask mainly closed form questions, specifically if you’ll be sending the survey to a large number of workers. Closed form questions provide specific options and are easy to tabulate.

• Invite comments, suggestions and recommendations, or ask open-ended questions at the end of the survey. Open-ended items are more difficult to summarize.

• Include a brief explanatory cover letter with the survey with the signature of the organization president. Make certain to include a statement about confidentiality and anonymity.

• Ask a group of representative staff members to review the survey before it is distributed. Find out if the questions will be understood by staff members and won’t be objected to.

• Include demographic information at the starting, or end of the survey (gender, age, shift, site, department, etc.).

• Conduct a random drawing for a valued incentive item for all those who returned the survey. This could increase the response rate.

One rule to consider concerning surveys is if you’ve fewer than 500 staff members, everyone should receive one.  The advantage of everyone receiving a recent survey may be significant. If you’ve over 500 staff members, a sample of the work population from each department will suffice.

The higher the response, the more precise and reliable the results. A minimum response of 40 percent to 50 percent is considered valuable.