Employee survey analytics provide organizational culture insights for GAO

In-depth inspection of employee feedback

The annual Employee Experience Survey is a pivotal tool in gauging organizational goals and comprehending the nuanced attitudes of the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) esteemed workforce.

PowerTrain’s commitment to GAO goes beyond the data – it’s about empowering GAO with actionable insights derived from the comprehensive survey and subsequent reports. Here’s what our annual Employee Experience Survey and its detailed reports encompass:

• Keyword Analysis of Narrative Comments: Delve deep into the qualitative aspects of nuanced employee feedback through a sophisticated keyword analysis.
• Statistical Analysis of Group Differences: PowerTrain employs advanced statistical analyses to discern and understand group differences within the GAO workforce.
• Index Scores of Organizational Features: Gauge the pulse of organizational health with meticulously calculated index scores of critical features.
• Summative PowerPoint of Findings: This visually engaging presentation encapsulates the survey results, empowering GAO leadership with a clear overview of key insights and actionable recommendations.

Elevating employee perspectives

Workforce perspectives on employee satisfaction and attitudes are of utmost importance to GAO. PowerTrain partners with GAO to ensure the employee engagement survey solicits a user-friendly experience to garner the highest response rates and ensure all employee voices are heard. Consequently, approximately 3,250 employees’ responses were transformed into actionable insights for GAO leaders to ensure continual growth.

Thorough statistical support for organizational goals

PowerTrain provides in-depth support and conducts statistical analyses on the following objectives to ensure organizational goals are met:

• Establish internal consistency (reliability) of Key Indices.
• Identify and examine significant mean differences in Key Index scores across demographic variables of interest.
• Identify and examine differences in intent to leave GAO by demographic variables of interest.
• Assess how Key Indices predict Overall Employee Satisfaction as measured by the Best Places to Work Index.

Quality information leads to better solutions

Hundreds of customized reports, dashboards, and summative PowerPoint findings enable GAO to maintain an understanding of the perceptions of their most valuable resource – their employees.

Leaders use these results to assess key strengths and areas of improvement within divisions to understand how employees perceive various aspects of their job, ranging from performance feedback to organizational climate. GAO, with PowerTrain’s support, then develops strategies to address specific areas and nurture a culture where employees thrive.

Data visualization for easy understanding

PowerTrain incorporated advanced dashboard features into the employee survey, elevating the experience for key stakeholders and providing a seamless and insightful view of survey data. Our commitment to empowering GAO shines through in these enhancements.

Newly integrated dashboard features enable agency leaders to effortlessly sort and visualize information. The result? A simplified and efficient process for accessing critical insights and identifying strengths and weaknesses with ease.

Employee engagement enhanced through continuous surveys

Since 2015, GAO has consistently chosen PowerTrain as its trusted ally. We provide unrivaled insights into their workforce, and year after year, new iterations of the survey address areas of interest that matter most to GAO. We not only ensure relevance but also elevate the accessibility of survey findings, providing GAO with a dynamic tool!

Our approach is strategically designed to result in consistently high response rates and guarantee a wealth of high-quality information.