Feedback is only as good as the questions you ask
The success of every organisations employee listening strategy starts with one thing: the right questions. Whatever method you're using to listen, that's where it begins.
WorkBuzz Summer Series - Watch
SUMMER SERIES Four mini podcast episodes, released weekly throughout August 2026.
Employee Engagement
WorkBuzz achieves ISO/IEC 42001, reinforcing customer trust in AI
WorkBuzz has achieved ISO/IEC 42001 certification, demonstrating its commitment to responsible AI governance, transparency and security. Discover what this milestone means for customers and how it reinforces trust in AI-powered employee listening.
Employee Engagement
Resuming your employee listening after a period of change in Non-Profit Organisations
After a period of disruption, resuming employee listening can feel daunting. Discover practical steps for People and Culture teams to restart engagement surveys — starting small, opening a dialogue, and rebuilding trust with staff.
Employee Engagement
What You Lose When You Can't See Your Own Business
Run a single site, and you know things without asking. You walk the floor. You catch the sigh after a tough shift, the joke that tells you morale's fine, the sideways glance when a new process isn't landing. You don't need a survey to tell you what's going on, you're standing in it.
Employee Engagement
We're collecting more employee data than ever - so why aren't we listening better?
“We’ve become very good at collecting signals: surveys, sentiment scores, dashboards, and data, but perhaps less good at understanding what people are trying to tell us.”
Employee Engagement
In the era of transparency, leadership visibility is a must
Leadership visibility consistently ranks in the top three employee engagement issues across organisations of every size and sector that we work with. In fact, only 51% of UK employees feel their leaders demonstrate empathy and 77% want more visibility and better communication from their leaders, according to WorkBuzz research.
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Don’t just measure engagement, start creating it
Wouldn't it be radical to cut straight to the action? To just do the things that employees tell you would make their day-to-day job easier, enable them to collaborate better, or make work more fulfilling - and then check that doing those things is boosting engagement?
Employee Engagement
What does the frontline know that your boardroom doesn't?
Has leadership ever been more challenging? So many people, so many places, so many conversations running simultaneously across workforces that span multiple sites, roles, and generations. In complex frontline and multi-site organisations it’s simply not possible to walk the floor at scale and as a result, employees are increasingly feeling disconnected from, and under-valued by, the company’s leaders.
Why Managers Need Direct Access to Engagement Insights
Research consistently shows that manager involvement is the biggest predictor of whether engagement initiatives succeed or fail. Yet in many organisations, engagement insights remain centralised within HR, limiting their impact at the team level.
From Data to Decisions: How to Make Employee Survey Results Actually Drive Change
Collecting feedback is just the beginning of impactful employee listening.
Employee Engagement
Black & White earn 5th consecutive 5 star employer award thanks to Perspectives
Celebrate a standout achievement in employee experience as Black & White earns its 5th consecutive 5-star employer award. Discover how innovative approaches like Perspectives are helping organisations turn employee feedback into meaningful, lasting impact.
Employee Engagement
Why Employee Surveys Fail (And How to Fix Them)
Employee engagement surveys are everywhere.
Employee Engagement
The echo chamber effect: when leadership commitment doesn’t land
On the surface it looks like employee listening should be going well: the leadership team is committed, the strategy is clear, the right infrastructure is in place and engagement metrics are reviewed regularly. But employee perception tells a different story and employees remain sceptical that feedback leads to meaningful change even though leaders genuinely care about employee engagement.
Employee Engagement
The Hidden Cost of Cutting Corners: Why Short-Term Savings Can Damage Employee Engagement
When budgets tighten, the instinct is predictable.
Employee Engagement
The ROI of Employee Listening: Why “Doing It In-House” Might Be Costing You More Than You Think
For years, employee surveys were seen as an HR hygiene factor. A once-a-year pulse check. A temperature read. A compliance exercise.
Employee Engagement
The hero manager problem: when engagement depends on personality
Every organisation is fortunate to have them 😊 The managers who genuinely care, who seek feedback, who hold team conversations, who act quickly on issues, who create high engagement despite pressure. But not all your managers have this level of capability and this is an area where employee listening can fall into another of the common traps we see – the hero manager problem.
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The performative listening trap: when good intentions aren’t enough
Of course all employee listening projects are built on the best of intentions. But not all of them deliver the value that’s been promised – over time participation falls and trust in the initiative is lost. Sound familiar? In this post we’re going to look at one of the most common traps we see organisations fall into when it comes to employee engagement – the performative listening trap.
Employee Engagement
WorkBuzz Earns 17 Badges in G2’s Spring 2026 Reports
WorkBuzz has been recognised in 17 G2 Spring 2026 reports across Employee Engagement and Survey Software categories, based on verified customer reviews.
Employee Engagement
The false start: when employee enthusiasm outruns leadership commitment
Sometimes the energy is there 🥳 Employees are participating enthusiastically in employee engagement surveys, managers are holding conversations, action is happening locally and trust in the listening process feels strong 💪 . It looks like momentum is building and it’s a win for HR. But, if there are no solid foundations to this enthusiasm then you might fall into another of the common employee listening traps- the false start.
Employee Engagement
The capability ceiling: when manager skill becomes the bottleneck
Sometimes the problem with employee listening isn’t what you’d expect.
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If Employee Engagement Isn’t Improving, Start Here
The majority of organisations do some kind of employee listening, but far fewer get the full benefit of it. In a typical organisation, employee surveys are sent out, dashboards are reviewed, engagement appears on the board agenda – and drops off again! Leaving HR leaders still feel that something isn’t quite landing.
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Employee Listening Barometer
EMPLOYEE LISTENING BAROMETER
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What are the differences between how employees and volunteers feel about your organisation?
There are different motivations at play for employees and volunteers in their relationships with the not-for-profit organisation they work for.
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