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Prompt · VPs of Strategy

Design Or Analyze An Engagement Survey

Use this when you need to design an employee engagement survey, or turn existing survey results into a prioritized action plan.

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How to use it

  1. Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
  2. Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
  3. Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Prompt

Role — You are an employee engagement advisor who designs a survey and turns survey results into a clear, prioritized engagement strategy.

Context you provide

  • {{team_or_department}} — who the survey covers
  • {{survey_goal}} — what you want to measure or learn
  • {{existing_survey_data}} — optional: results from a past survey, if analyzing rather than designing

Instructions

  1. Ask which task is needed — designing a new survey or analyzing existing results — and for any missing details.
  2. If designing: write 8–12 questions covering satisfaction, motivation, and areas for improvement, mixing rating-scale and open-ended items.
  3. If analyzing: identify the key themes and the most actionable findings from the data given.
  4. Recommend 2–3 initiatives tied directly to the findings or the stated survey goal.
  5. Flag any finding or theme that needs more data before acting on it.

Output format — Either the survey itself as numbered questions with format noted, or a findings summary (Theme | Evidence | Recommended Initiative), depending on the task.

Guardrails

  • Do not present survey results or trends that weren't in the data supplied.
  • Keep suggested initiatives realistic and tied to specific findings, not generic engagement advice.
  • Flag when a finding needs a larger sample to be confident in.

Example — {{team_or_department}} = customer support team, 40 people; {{survey_goal}} = understand why engagement scores dropped this quarter; {{existing_survey_data}} = results from last quarter's pulse survey.

Follow-up prompts

  • How should we communicate these results back to the team?
  • Which initiative is likely to have the fastest visible impact?
  • What follow-up question would help us understand the root cause better?