Either one or both. In 2024, organizations will have two opportunities (April and September) to take advantage of this offering. Organizations may participate once or twice, depending on what is best for them.

We encourage organizations to consider their workflow and capacity to take action on employee feedback as you make the decision to opt into one or both of the 2024 survey cycles.

Yes. Leading Edge will host optional information sessions before and during the registration period of each survey cycle. We recommend attending at least one session.

Information sessions for the fall cycle of the survey will take place in July and August 2024. (Dates and times will be posted here when they are available.)

You will have access to one free consultation with a Leading Edge or national partner consultant in 2024. The consultation will help you think through your results and plan next steps. We recommend taking advantage of the consultation following the April cycle if you are considering participating in both cycles. The consultation window is intentionally brief to ensure that organizations’ learning and subsequent actions are fresh and relevant. Consultations must be used within specific time windows: May 6 - June 28 for the Spring cycle and September 23 - December 24 for the Fall cycle. Consultations will not be available outside of those dates. We recommend holding some time in advance for any staff member who should be part of the consultation to expedite scheduling and ensure you can take advantage of this opportunity.

None. Thanks to our philanthropic supporters, everything about the Focused Engagement Survey will come at no cost to your organization. We believe that organizations should have access to the tools and resources they need to become even better places to work. 

To participate in the survey, your organization must meet these criteria: 

• Have at least six employees who will be invited to participate in the survey (any mix of full-time and/or part-time). Organizations will receive results if at least five employees complete the survey. 
• Be based in North America. 
• Affirm that they are a Jewish organization, whatever that means to them.
• Be a recognized nonprofit according to the tax laws of their resident country or have a fiscal agent that is a recognized nonprofit according to the tax laws of their resident country. 
• Have been in existence for at least three years. 

Yes. Leading Edge guarantees the confidentiality of all organizations and employees. That means both that nobody outside your organization will see your data and that your organization’s leaders will not know which employee gave which responses. We are committed to ensuring no individual organization’s data is ever made public. Any data that we share with the public (such as in reports like this one) will only be in the aggregate across many organizations, and will adhere to strict confidentiality thresholds.

To ensure that staff feel comfortable being as honest as possible, your organization will never have access to individual responses or know who has responded to the survey. Leading Edge and our survey platform, Culture Amp, will protect this information through a set of safeguards and security protocols, and results will be reported to organizational leaders as part of the organization's overall data. Organizational leaders will be able to view and group data in different ways, but at no point will organizations have access to responses associated with any individual. 

Yes! Leading Edge Pulse Surveys are a survey tool that you can customize and administer as frequently as you need (outside of certain blackout dates that are dedicated to the Focused Engagement Survey). You can learn more and sign up here.

A shorter survey.  While the Employee Experience Survey had over 100 questions, the Focused Engagement survey is centered around ~25 engagement questions. Organizations can also add up to two question sets focused on other factors — e.g., well-being, salary and benefits.

A condensed timeline overall from registration through administration to results. Simplifying the survey allows for a tighter turnaround and allows you to take action while the data is fresh.

Two survey cycles in the spring and fall of 2024,  and organizations can opt into one or both if they choose.

Translations: To minimize setup time and facilitate a condensed timeline, the survey will only be offered in English, Spanish, and Hebrew.

Three big changes in the reports you receive on your data:

• There will be no custom comparisons by type of organization, team size or budget size. There will be comparisons to: (1) Your organization’s data from the 2023 Employee Experience Survey (if your organization participated in 2023); (2) A United States benchmark from Culture Amp (based on data across many industries); and (3)The entire cohort of participating organizations in the Spring Focused Engagement Survey.
• There will be eight demographic questions: Job level, Tenure, Age, Disability, Gender, Orientation, Race/Ethnicity, and Religion. Additionally, organizations will have the option to supplement the self-reported demographics with up to four additional demographics (Department, Manager, Employment Type, and Other, to be used for any unique demographic).
• The factors (groups of questions on a theme) will look different than in past years — some will be shorter and others will be merged together.

You can reach out to our survey team at surveys@leadingedge.org. We’re happy to help!