Pulse Survey Tool: Boost your Business with Employee Listening

The organisations already going further than surveys with WorkBuzz

Keep listening between the big moments

Your annual engagement survey gives you the bigger picture. But your organisation doesn't stand still between surveys.

Pulse surveys give you the flexibility to listen when you need to - whether you're tracking progress, exploring a particular issue or understanding how change is landing.

Short, focused and easy to launch, they help you keep listening relevant without overwhelming your people with surveys.

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Our Employee Pulse Surveys

See whether change is making a difference

The most powerful part of any survey cycle is what happens afterwards.

WorkBuzz employee pulse survey software give you a fast, focused way to understand what employees are experiencing at a particular moment - so you can listen while the issue is still relevant.

Change programmes. A new strategy. Wellbeing concerns. A major organisational event.

Sometimes waiting for the next scheduled survey simply isn’t enough.

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Track what’s changing over time

Pulse surveys are most powerful when you can connect it with what you’ve heard before.

WorkBuzz makes it easy to compare current pulse results against previous surveys, track how sentiment is shifting and see where things are improving - or where progress has stalled.

Because one survey gives you a snapshot. Listening over time shows you the direction of travel.

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Ask what matters, when it matters

Start with our People Science-backed question library, create your own questions or combine the two. Whether you’re exploring a specific concern, tracking a change programme or simply checking in, you can build a focused pulse in minutes.

And when you need support, our People Scientists can help you choose the right questions.

Best practice when you need it. Flexibility where it matters.

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Flexible listening, whenever you need it

Ask the questions that matter

Use our People Science-backed question library, your own questions or a combination of both.

Listen with a purpose

Build a focused pulse around a change programme, initiative, concern or priority.

Reach beyond the desk

Make it easy for deskless, distributed and frontline employees to have their say.

Track change over time

Compare pulses with previous surveys and see how employee sentiment is shifting.

Keep managers connected

Help managers understand how things are changing and whether agreed actions are making a difference.

People Science support

Get expert guidance on what to ask, when to ask it and how to interpret what you hear.

Your Pulse Survey questions, answered

An employee pulse survey is a short, focused listening tool designed to monitor sentiment, wellbeing, progress or priorities at regular intervals between larger survey cycles. Unlike an annual engagement survey, which provides a broad view of how people feel across the whole organisation, a pulse survey is targeted and timely, asking a small number of questions on a specific topic, at a specific moment. The result is faster, more actionable insight that allows organisations to respond in the moment.

Employee pulse survey software gives organisations the ability to stay close to what is happening without waiting for the next annual survey. The key benefits include: monitoring how employee sentiment is changing over time, checking whether change initiatives are having the intended effect, identifying emerging issues before they become significant, and generating the kind of continuous insight that keeps action planning live rather than periodic.

The gap between survey cycles is where a lot can change or go unnoticed. Pulse surveys give HR and leaders a way to stay informed, respond faster and demonstrate that listening is ongoing rather than an annual event. Organisations that run regular pulse surveys alongside their main engagement survey see stronger participation, stronger trust and a clearer picture of what’s driving performance.

The right questions depend on what you are trying to understand. If you are tracking the impact of a recent change, questions should focus on how that change is landing and what’s helping or hindering. If you are monitoring wellbeing, questions should reflect the specific pressures your workforce is facing. WorkBuzz provides an extensive best-practice question bank covering wellbeing, engagement, change, inclusion, manager effectiveness and more. Our People Science team can work with you to design a pulse survey tailored to your specific focus.

Keep your finger on your employees’ pulse

Keep listening between the big moments

Our Employee Pulse Surveys

See whether change is making a difference

Reach the people you need to hear from

Track what’s changing over time

Ask what matters, when it matters

Flexible listening, whenever you need it

Ask the questions that matter

Listen with a purpose

Reach beyond the desk

Track change over time

Keep managers connected

People Science support

Your Pulse Survey questions, answered

Ready to put feedback
into action?

Keep your finger on your employees’ pulse

Keep listening between the big moments

Our Employee Pulse Surveys

See whether change is making a difference

Reach the people you need to hear from

Track what’s changing over time

Ask what matters, when it matters

Flexible listening, whenever you need it

Ask the questions that matter

Listen with a purpose

Reach beyond the desk

Track change over time

Keep managers connected

People Science support

Your Pulse Survey questions, answered

What are employee pulse surveys?

What are the benefits of running pulse surveys?

Why run an employee pulse survey?

What questions should an employee pulse survey include?

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