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They know the system, how things used to be, and how they should be.
Honest Read™: hear what your best people want fixed.
Not a score. A ranked list of actions your high performers and long-tenured people want implemented.
One open question, manager feedback, interviews, and small group sessions replace the annual survey.
You build only the solutions people will use, in priority order.
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Annual survey
- Can be gamed
- The metric becomes the goal
- Every voice weighted the same
- Results grouped, so you guess who said what
- Shows problems, not solutions
Honest Read™
Open Line
360 manager feedback
1:1 interviews
Small groups of five
Ranked action list, not a score
Who we listen to.
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Your full workforce
Target listening group
Long-tenured high performers (60%)
Newer high performers (25%)
Contrast group (15%)
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A typical starting mix, tailored to your workforce
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They are your future, and they bring ideas from companies that did things better.
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Shows whether feedback is a problem or a reaction to accountability.
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Read feedback in context
Managers get called harsh. If that comes from the contrast group, it may mean they are holding people accountable. Without knowing who said it, you can end up training your best managers.
Open Line: a suggestion box, not a complaint department.
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Suggestion: shift swap board
Submitted by Team Member A
Needs a fixRecognizedShare of savings
Your company decides what to recognize and reward. For safety or legal concerns, use your company's reporting channels.
Results go back to your people.
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Results summary
The exact words to share
Text messageEmailTeam chatYour own system
You send it through the channel your people already use.
Open Line
One open question per cycle — not a fixed question, not a survey. The question rotates based on what we need to learn.
Example question
"What is one thing we could change that would make the biggest difference for you?"
Open Line is a suggestion box, not a complaint department. For safety or legal concerns, use your company's reporting channels.
How results go back
You get a ranked action list, and the exact words to share it.
- 1
Results back to leadership
- 2
Exact words to share, through the channel your people already use
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You build only the solutions people will use, in priority order
One open question
Open Line asks one rotating question by text, email, or voice. People answer in under a minute.
Four inputs, not one survey
Open Line, 360 manager feedback, 1:1 interviews, and small group sessions. Unlike an anonymous pulse survey, Honest Read is weighted by voice, named, and conducted one-on-one and in small groups.
The right voices, weighted right
We start with a mix built around long-tenured high performers. Not every voice gets equal weight.
A ranked list, not a score
You get priorities in order, the exact words to share results, and actions you can start this week.