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Choose the right employee survey type for your organisation

Different employee surveys answer different questions, from understanding engagement across the organisation to exploring wellbeing, inclusion or the impact of change.

Explore survey types below to find the approach that best supports your listening strategy.

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Survey models designed around real employee experience themes

Our survey models are built on established research and practical experience, providing structured question sets focused on specific areas of the employee experience.

They offer a strong starting point, while remaining fully flexible: questions can be combined across models, adapted to your priorities or supplemented with organisation-specific content.

Employee engagement surveys

Employee engagement surveys help organisations understand what drives motivation, commitment and performance. Using the Pearl™ model of engagement, you can explore the full employee experience, then identify the actions most likely to strengthen engagement across the organisation.

This survey type is ideal when you want to measure overall engagement, establish a baseline or identify the biggest opportunities to improve employee experience and retention.

Download our guide on Pearl™

Employee wellbeing surveys

Employee wellbeing surveys help you understand how people are coping at work. Through the Thrive™ model of wellbeing, you can explore workload, resilience and support, giving organisations a clearer view of where pressure may be building and where intervention is needed.

This survey type is especially useful during sustained periods of pressure, growth or change, when understanding stress, workload and support needs is essential to protecting healthy, sustainable performance.

Download our guide on Thrive™

Diversity and Inclusion surveys

Diversity and inclusion surveys help organisations understand whether the workplace feels fair, supportive and inclusive in practice. Using our Belong™ model of Diversity and Inclusion, you can surface differences in experience across groups, and help leaders take targeted action to strengthen trust and inclusion.

This survey type is most valuable when you want to understand how experiences vary across demographics and where focused action can improve fairness, belonging and employee voice.

Download our guide on Belong™

Change management surveys

Change management surveys help organisations understand how employees are experiencing change in real time. Built on the Navigate™ model of change management, these surveys help leaders to respond quickly, reduce uncertainty and guide change more effectively.

This survey type works best before, during and after major change initiatives, when leaders need clear feedback on readiness, understanding and impact.

Download our guide on Navigate™

Survey at the pace of your organisation

Annual

Annual surveys provide a comprehensive view of your organisation’s employee experience.

Running a full survey annually creates a clear benchmark for progress, helping organisations track change over time and focus improvement efforts where they will have the greatest impact.

Pulse

Pulse surveys are the perfect tool to stay close to emerging issues and track progress between larger survey cycles.

Short, focused pulses help organisations test assumptions, monitor priority areas and maintain momentum without over-surveying employees.

Lifecycle

Lifecycle surveys act as tactically timed investigations into how the employee experience changes over time, and where targeted improvements can have the greatest impact.

Powered by the platform’s HRIS integration capability, these surveys capture feedback at key moments across the employee journey, from joiners to leavers and everyone in-between.

Annual

Annual surveys provide a comprehensive view of your organisation’s employee experience.

Running a full survey annually creates a clear benchmark for progress, helping organisations track change over time and focus improvement efforts where they will have the greatest impact.

Pulse

Pulse surveys are the perfect tool to stay close to emerging issues and track progress between larger survey cycles.

Short, focused pulses help organisations test assumptions, monitor priority areas and maintain momentum without over-surveying employees.

Lifecycle

Lifecycle surveys act as tactically timed investigations into how the employee experience changes over time, and where targeted improvements can have the greatest impact.

Powered by the platform’s HRIS integration capability, these surveys capture feedback at key moments across the employee journey, from joiners to leavers and everyone in-between.

Real clients, real results

Excellent, clear communication, responsive to queries and our changes to the survey. Well mapped out, strong rationale for the structure and type of questions.

Maria Baldwin, Head of People

Foundations

Whenever I had a question or needed help, they were always there to assist me promptly and willingly.

Kalliopi Hadjicosta, HR Assistant Manager

McDonald's

Personal, responsive, and super helpful. The team were true partners every step of the way, making the survey process much easier for us.

Jasmine Ndzie, Senior People Business Partner

Helios Towers

I have enjoyed working with People Insight. It is why I want to extend our use of the platform to measure engagement broader across transformation and change, employee lifecycle points and more.

Adeife Onwuzulike, Global Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Director

Euromonitor International