Survey Bites

Thank you for joining us for this season! A reminder that consultation calls must be completed by THIS FRIDAY August 29. Please refer to the results email your organization’s report viewers received on June 10 for scheduling instructions.

Help us improve: 

Please take 10-15 minutes to complete this feedback survey by September 12. Feel free to share it with anyone at your organization who played a role in helping administer the survey for your team. For questions or concerns about this feedback survey, email us or our external evaluator, Sami Berger, at sami@curiouscompass.org.

Reminder: The EES is moving! 

Starting in 2026, the Employee Experience Survey will be moving to a Winter administration cycle. The 2026 survey will open for employees in January. This timing will enable organizations to: 

• Have fresh data early in the new year 
• Review and respond to results throughout the year 
• Engage in post-survey consultations and programming before the summer season  
  

Keep an eye out for information about registration later this fall and be in touch with us at surveys@leadingedge.org with any questions.

As we begin to close out the 2025 post-survey season and begin planning for 2026, we need your insights. We are always working to ensure the survey experience continues to meet your needs. We would appreciate your perspectives to help us understand what worked well, how we can improve, and the impact of participating in the survey.

Share your feedback:

Please take 10-15 minutes to complete this survey, which will remain open until September 12. Feel free to share it with anyone at your organization who played a role in helping administer the survey for your team.

Consultation Reminder: 

The deadline for consultations is August 29. Please refer to the results email your organization’s report viewers received on June 10 for scheduling instructions. If you haven’t scheduled your call, we strongly encourage you to take advantage of this free offering before time runs out! 

If you have any questions or concerns about the feedback survey, don't hesitate to reach out to us or to our external evaluator, Sami Berger, at sami@curiouscompass.org.

• Cultivate a culture that values employees and their contributions and encourages risk-taking by modeling curiosity. As leaders, prioritize acknowledging fallibility, offering feedback without surprise, and framing work as a collaborative learning process. 
• Develop clear and thoughtful decision-making processes that are reflective of stable strategic priorities, and strong, consistent systems that empower employees by providing structure and support. Find ways to include diverse perspectives throughout the process and be explicit about how these inputs will impact a final decision. 
• Communicate consistently, clearly, and in all directions — sharing updates, soliciting feedback, and taking visible, values-aligned action — to build trust, reinforce strategic clarity, and strengthen engagement. By making the implicit explicit, honoring complexity, and managing expectations with both candor and compassion, communication becomes a powerful driver of alignment, confidence, and connection across the organization.
• Prioritize transparent, equity-focused compensation practices — including clear raise processes, pay adjustments, and affordable benefits that reflect employee needs and account for rising costs of living. Pairing robust time off, holistic wellness offerings, and visible investment in internal growth opportunities reinforces a culture of care, sustainability, and long-term commitment.
• Find ways to give employees more flexibility, including (but not limited to) workplace arrangement. Leverage creativity and possibility alongside co-creation with employees to identify solutions that will work for a unique context and ensure employees feel some degree of agency and autonomy.
• Ensure employees are doing meaningful, challenging work that clearly advances the organization’s mission, strategy, and goals. When staff can see the tangible impact of their contributions and progress toward purposeful outcomes, it fuels motivation, pride, and long-term commitment.

Consultation Reminder: 

Only two and a half weeks remain to take advantage of a free consultation call. Be sure to schedule your consultation by the deadline of August 29. Please refer to the results email your organization’s report viewers received on June 10 for scheduling instructions.

As we begin counting down to the end of this year’s survey season, here are a few reminders:

1. Schedule your consultation by the deadline of August 29. Please refer to the results email your organization’s report viewers received on June 10 for scheduling instructions. 
2. Leverage our survey resources to take action and share with your teams. Feel free to customize our results sharing templates, which you can find under General Resources on our website. 
3. Review insights and take action from our Survey Education Series. We shared five emergent headlines based on aggregate data during our final Survey Education Series call, which you can see in the graphic below. 

These insights are just a preview based on what is emergent in our aggregate data analysis. We look forward to sharing more in the months ahead. Learn more about these trends and the action you can take around them by watching the full recording on our After Survey Actions website. And we encourage you to discuss these themes and actions with your consultant if you haven’t already taken advantage of your call!

We have officially crossed the one month mark since you received your survey data, and we hope you have been taking meaningful action and sharing learnings with your staff. As you prepare to share insights with your teams, feel free to customize our results sharing templates, which you can find under General Resources on our website. 

Meeting with your paired consultant is a great way to make sense of your data and develop a concrete plan to take meaningful action. If you haven’t already, we strongly encourage you to schedule your consultation by the deadline of August 29. Please refer to the results email your organization’s report viewers received on June 10 for scheduling instructions.

LAST CALL — NEW Culture Deep Dive Pilot Series — Apply NOW!:

Learn more and apply by July 18 for our Culture Deep Dive Pilot Series on Belonging and Psychological Safety! 

As you continue to take meaningful action to understand your data, we encourage you to schedule a consultation call if you haven’t already. A reminder that consultation calls must be completed by August 29. Please refer to the results email your organization’s report viewers received on June 10 for scheduling instructions.

Don’t forget to register for our final Survey Education Series Part 5: Themes and Insights from the 2025 Survey is THIS THURSDAY July 10 at 12:00 pm ET (9:00 am PT). Discover high-level trends from the full cohort of participating organizations, as well as action-planning and accountability strategies. 

NEW Culture Deep Dive Pilot Series — Apply NOW!:

Learn more and apply by July 18 for our Culture Deep Dive Pilot Series on Belonging and Psychological Safety! 

We hope you have begun to take meaningful action to understand your data while it is still fresh and take next steps, including scheduling your consultation call as soon as you know your availability. A reminder that consultation calls must be completed by August 29. 

We also encourage you to join us for our final Survey Education Series Part 5: Themes and Insights from the 2025 Survey on Thursday, July 10 at 12:00 pm ET (9:00 am PT). Discover high-level trends from the full cohort of participating organizations, as well as action-planning and accountability strategies. Register here to claim your spot!

NEW Culture Deep Dive Pilot Series - Apply now!:

Learn more and apply for our Culture Deep Dive Pilot Series! Updated deadlines for each series: 

• TOMORROW June 25th for the July series on Communications and Decision-Making
• July 9th for the August series on Belonging and Psychological Safety

In case you missed it:

You can find a recording of Survey Education Series Part 4 on our After Survey Actions website. 

PLEASE NOTE: The Leading Edge offices will be closed Monday June 30 - Friday July 4. We look forward to being back in touch upon our return on Monday July 7.

Welcome to the After Survey Actions season! Thank you for participating in the 2025 Employee Experience Survey. By now you should have received access to your survey results. Please refer to the results access email you should have received on June 10, in which you were connected with your consultant. A reminder that consultation calls must be completed by August 29 if your organization plans take advantage of the opportunity.

We look forward to supporting your organization to take action on your data while it is fresh and timely through a suite of workshops and resources, including workshops and resources which you can find on our After Survey Actions page. 

If you haven’t already, be sure to thank your team for participating in the survey. Feel free to customize our email templates, which you can find under General Resources on our website. 

Coming Up:

Join Leading Edge for our final Survey Education Series Part 5: Themes and Insights from the 2025 Survey. 

Thursday, July 10 at 12:00 pm ET (9:00 am PT) – Register here

Discover high-level trends from the full cohort of participating organizations, as well as action-planning and accountability strategies.

NEW Culture Deep Dive Pilot Series - Apply now!:

Learn more and apply for our Culture Deep Dive Pilot Series! Updated deadlines for each series: 

• June 25th for the July series on Communications and Decision-Making
• July 9th for the August series on Belonging and Psychological Safety

In case you missed it:

You can find a recording of Survey Education Series Part 4 on our After Survey Actions website.