There’s no better way to make a difference in your workplace than to take the survey, which begins Monday, March 6, and continues through Sunday, March 26. The survey consists of 31 questions on accountability, growth, respect, safety and diversity. All Johns Hopkins Health System employees are invited—and encouraged—to participate in this confidential survey, which gives you a chance to share honest feedback.
Why participate, you may ask? “There is no doubt that an engaged workforce is essential to the success of an organization,” says Inez Stewart, senior vice president of human resources for Johns Hopkins Medicine. “How can we improve our work environment if we don’t ask employees what they think? So while the survey is important, the follow-up and conversations you have with your teams about the questions and the results are even more important.”
Here are the top five reasons to take this year’s survey:
1.Improve your work environment. Sharing your thoughts about your work can help drive real change. The survey is one of the best tools we have to improve our work lives and Johns Hopkins overall.
2.The Q12 questions. The annual survey consists of 12 core questions, called the Q12, which have been found by Gallup, the organization administering the survey, to best predict employee and work group performance.
3.Confidentiality. Gallup will conduct the survey and communicate the results with complete confidentiality. Gallup will only give summaries of the results, and only departments with more than five employees will receive results summaries. The results of departments receiving fewer than five responses will roll into the results of the next level of management for the team.
4. There are several ways to take the survey.
a. Gallup’s secure site. You’ll need the unique access code Gallup emailed to you.
b. Single sign-on. You can also complete the survey using a single sign-on via the Johns Hopkins portal. Visit login.johnshopkins.edu/gallupsurvey, or simply log on to my.jh.edu, hover over the HR icon on the left-hand side of the page and select the Gallup Survey icon.
Whichever option you choose, your results will remain confidential.
5.It takes just 10 minutes.
Visit the Employee Engagement website at intranet.insidehopkinsmedicine.org/human_resources/managers/employee_engagement/index.html.
It has a variety of tools, such as videos, user guides, managers’ toolkits and a list of the questions, to help you navigate the survey process. During the survey administration, you can also call the Gallup client support line at 1-800-788-9987 if you have any questions regarding confidentiality of the survey of your responses.
