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Employee engagement survey questions: tips & best practices

Andy Meredith · 4 August 2026
Global employee engagement has hit a five-year low, but the right survey strategy can help your organisation reverse the trend. Unlock better engagement by using the right survey cadence and asking the most effective employee engagement survey questions. In this guide by Inpulse, we break down the different types of survey questions, from Likert scales and eNPS to open-text formats, and explain how to utilise them for maximum benefit. Getting survey structure right is key to gathering actionable insights. We share expert tips on how to write your own effective engagement survey questions, ensuring you avoid leading language, balance quantitative metrics with qualitative nuance, and uncover the emotional drivers behind the data. Read on to discover how the right questions can empower your managers and transform your employee engagement strategy.
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360 performance reviews: turning feedback into meaningful action

Michelle Page, Head of People Insights and Consulting · 20 July 2026
Effective leadership more than doubles employee engagement, yet most managers lack formal training. By using 360 reviews to gather holistic feedback, you uncover blind spots and empower leaders to take ownership of team culture. Learn how to turn 360 insights into concrete action that builds trust and drives engagement from the ground up.
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Why emotional Intelligence Is the missing link in employee engagement

Emma Townsley · 27 March 2026
Emotional intelligence plays a bigger role in employee engagement than many organisations realise. Employee engagement is not just shaped by initiatives or communication. It is shaped by how people feel at work and how leaders respond. Explore why the human side of leadership matters so much and what leaders can do differently to build more connected, committed teams.
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Forget more initiatives: the smarter engagement strategy for 2026

Michelle Page, Head of People Insights and Consulting · 12 March 2026
Employee engagement in 2026 will be shaped less by new wellbeing initiatives and more by how work feels day to day. This article explores why unrealistic workloads, process friction, weak recognition, and stretched managers are driving fatigue, and why the smartest engagement strategy is to remove barriers, protect capacity, and rebuild confidence.
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Engagement in the fast lane: what Formula 1 can teach us about employee engagement

Andy Meredith · 10 March 2026
What can Formula 1 teach us about employee engagement? More than you might think. This article explores how high-performing organisations, like championship-winning teams, turn data into action, pivot when plans change, communicate with clarity, and learn from setbacks. Using benchmark insights and real examples, it shows why engagement is not about collecting feedback for the sake of it, but about responding visibly, building trust, and aligning teams around continuous improvement.
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Not just another "Partnership"

Andy Meredith · 27 February 2026
Not another “partnership.” A real one. See how Inpulse helps you design better surveys, boost response rates, align leaders, and keep action plans moving, without adding workload to your HR team.
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Where to focus in 2026: fewer initiatives, better days

Andy Meredith · 19 February 2026
2026 won’t be won by launching more programmes. It’ll be won by making work feel more workable, reducing daily friction, protecting managers, and rebuilding morale with recognition, clear communication and credible growth pathways.
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The AI investments you may not have considered

Alex Williams · 6 February 2026
AI spend is skyrocketing, but ROI is lagging, because most transformations focus on tools, not people. The organisations winning with AI are investing just as deliberately in human capability: building AI fluency, redesigning leadership development around judgement and emotional intelligence, and listening to employees through the change. If you want AI to stick in workflows (not just pilots), the missing budget line is your workforce.
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Fix your wellbeing strategy: what managers are carrying (and how to change it)

Michelle Page, Head of People Insights and Consulting · 26 January 2026
Rising stress, burnout and disengagement aren’t being solved by surface-level wellbeing initiatives. In this article, we explore why traditional wellbeing strategies are failing, the hidden cost this places on managers, and how HR leaders can drive sustainable employee engagement by redesigning how work, recovery and leadership actually operate. True foresight doesn’t come from averages or historical data; it comes from understanding the emotional temperature of your teams in real-time. In this post, we break down why commitment is a result, not a lever, and how tracking emotions like anxiety, trust, and feeling valued can predict turnover intent months before a resignation letter hits your desk. Stop performing autopsies on your culture and start predicting its future.
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Stop guessing, start sensing: why emotional forecasting is HR’s new superpower

Michelle Page, Head of People Insights and Consulting · 20 January 2026
Most HR leaders are looking at a rear-view mirror and calling it a roadmap. While traditional surveys track "outcomes" like commitment and pride, these scores often remain stable right up until a sudden, costly drop in performance. By then, the damage is done. True foresight doesn’t come from averages or historical data; it comes from understanding the emotional temperature of your teams in real-time. In this post, we break down why commitment is a result, not a lever, and how tracking emotions like anxiety, trust, and feeling valued can predict turnover intent months before a resignation letter hits your desk. Stop performing autopsies on your culture and start predicting its future.
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Stop guessing. Start listening: how agile listening transforms employee engagement

Emma Townsley · 7 November 2025
Traditional employee surveys can’t keep pace with today’s workplace. Emotions shift weekly, yet many organisations still rely on annual snapshots of how people used to feel. Agile listening changes that, turning feedback into a continuous, emotionally intelligent conversation. By combining real-time insights with emotional understanding, leaders can respond faster, build trust, and strengthen engagement across every level of the organisation.
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