Hi Kate
Thanks for the question. I’d suggest the following companies do this stuff really well – for different reasons
Belron – ask a simple question each week to a handful of employees eg: ‘how is work for you this week?’ and then the CEO makes reference to any themes in his weekly all staff email
The Coop – have an on-going ‘colleague voice’ forum where they are able not just to give feedback on how they are feeling – but also to directly influence the design of new HR products and services
Virgin Trains – have a regular pulse survey that show up in a real-time dashboard for their team – so they are able to own and act on trends around high stress or low engagement
Our advice is to use a hybrid of feedback mechanisms – from simple ‘how are you feeling’ surveys to more probing qualtitive forums. Also key is to get the data and insights direct to line managers quickly so it’s not owned by HR.
Hope this helps!
Lucy