Your best people stopped answering your survey.
Honest Read finds out what will keep your people. Built on the Gallup Q12 framework and customized to your company. No score to game.
The report you receive
What will keep your people, ranked by your people.
Honest Read™
What will keep your people, in their words
60%
Long-tenured top performers
25%
Newer top performers
15%
Contrast group
Top fixes, ranked by your own people
- 1Predictable schedules31%
- 2A clear path to promotion24%
- 3Managers who hold real 1:1s17%
- 4Pay that keeps pace with the market12%
- 5Fixing broken tools and systems9%
- 6Recognition that feels earned7%
This is an example report. Illustrative data. No score, only the fixes that matter to your people.
The close-the-loop readout
What we heard, and what happens next.
Honest Read™
Close-the-loop readout
For every top fix, what we heard, and what we will do about it.
- 1Predictable schedulesYes, starting next month
WHAT WE HEARD
“Schedules change with little notice.”
WHAT WE WILL DO
Post schedules two weeks ahead, starting next month.
- 2A clear path to promotionPartly, with a plan
WHAT WE HEARD
“I do not know what it takes to move up.”
WHAT WE WILL DO
Publish role ladders for the three largest teams this quarter, the rest next.
- 3Pay that keeps pace with the marketNot now, with the reason
WHAT WE HEARD
“Pay has not moved with the market.”
WHAT WE WILL DO
Not this year. We share the budget reason and when we will look at it again.
This is an example readout. Illustrative data. We tell your people what we will do, even when the answer is no.
Between listening sessions
The Retention Heartbeat: three questions, once a month.
Retention Heartbeat
Month 6. Three questions, 60 seconds.
- 1.How was work this month?
- 2.What got in the way?
- 3.What would make next month better?
HAD A GOOD MONTH
71%
Up from 58% in month 1
WHAT GOT IN THE WAY, AND WHAT WE DID
- Schedules changed with less than a week's notice34%Schedules now posted two weeks aheadDone
- Short-staffed shifts27%Two float roles added at the busiest siteIn progress
- Slow answers from payroll15%Payroll questions answered within 2 daysDone
This is an example. Illustrative data. Optional, 60 seconds, and anonymous by team. Results show only for teams of 5 or more.
How it works
How we build your Honest Read.
1:1 interviews
At least 10 per 1,000 employees
Small group listening sessions
At least 40 per 1,000, Q12 based
360 manager feedback
How each manager is seen
Prioritization survey
Everyone stack ranks the fixes
Talk first
Then survey to prioritize
A ranked list of fixes
No score to game. Then we close the loop.
Honest Read talks first, then surveys to prioritize. It starts with at least 5% of your employees: 60% long-tenured top performers, 25% newer top performers, and a 15% contrast group.
How it unfolds
From a conversation to a fix people believe in.
Step 1
We talk to your people first
Trained HR professionals hold 1:1 interviews, at least 10 per 1,000 employees, and small group listening sessions of 5, at least 40 per 1,000, built on the Gallup Q12 framework.
Fig. 1 Step 2
We hear how managers are seen
360 feedback shows how each manager is seen by the people they lead, so the fixes can start where they matter.
Fig. 2 Step 3
Everyone ranks the fixes
Every employee stack ranks the solutions their coworkers named. No score. A ranked list, built by your own people.
Fig. 3 Step 4
We close the loop
We tell your people what we heard, how we prioritized it, and what we will do, even when the answer is no. Then we hand the process to your employee advisory board.
Fig. 4
The process, with at least 5% of your employees
- 01
1:1 interviews
At least 10 per 1,000 employees, led by trained HR professionals.
- 02
Small group listening sessions
At least 40 per 1,000, groups of 5 per facilitator, Q12 based.
- 03
360 manager feedback
How each manager is seen by the people they lead.
- 04
Prioritization survey
Everyone stack ranks the solutions their coworkers named.
- 05
Close the loop
What we heard, how we prioritized it, and what we will do.
- 06
Advisory board handoff
We teach your employee advisory board to run it going forward.
- 07
Open line
One question by text, email, or voice. Name stays with the idea.
- 08
Retention Heartbeat
Three questions, once a month, 60 seconds. Optional and anonymous by team.
Start with a conversation
Start small. See results in 7 days.
Send us 7 standard columns from your HR system, usually a few clicks to export, for a small group of your employees. No contract or commitment. If it does not surprise you, walk away.