January 5, 2016
Dump Annual Staff Surveys: Real-Time Engagement is Here!
<img width="610" height="175" src="http://www.payscale.com/cms-images/default-source/b2b/header_dump_annual_surveys_main.png" alt="Header_Dump_Annual_Surveys_Main" /><a href="http://www.hr-writer.com/" title=" target=" rel="noopener">Tess C. Taylor, PHR, SHRM-CP, PayScale Senior Blogger</a><p>In a bold move, KPMG, a global professional services firm, has opted to dump its annual employee engagement surveys for good—relying on the theory that annual employee surveys are passe and real-time data is the new way of measuring the true engagement level. According to <a target=" class=" title=" href="http://www.afr.com/leadership/careers/jobs/kpmg-dumps-abused-staff-surveys-20151110-gkvctt?&utm_source=social&utm_medium=GooglePlus&utm_campaign=nc&eid=socialn:gplus-14omn0057-optim-nnn:nonpaid-27062014-social_traffic-all-organicpost-nnn-afr-o&campaign_code=nocode&promote_channel=social_googleplus" rel="noopener">Robert Bolton</a> of KPMG, "This term ‘engagement’ is abused, it's misunderstood, it's not evidence based, and it's a minefield.” </p>