"Thank you once again for taking the time to complete our employee survey in June. With 41% of you taking part, it’s clear that you really care about your work, each other, and Derbyshire’s future. Your feedback helps us understand what’s working and where we can do better. Our “you said we did” campaign shows how we are listening and responding to your feedback"
Has action been taken as a result of a survey at local level?
You should have been involved in developing a local action plan with your manager to address some of the issues raised at a local level. Remember to review them regularly throughout the year and ensure action is taken! Has action been taken as a result of a survey at organisation level?
Lowest scoring questions
We’ve updated you on what activities we’re working on to drive improvement in the lowest four scoring areas of the survey, following focus groups held in October and November with our engagement volunteers.
Verbatim comments
As well as sharing the free text comments from the survey with leaders (where there were at least 10 comments), they were grouped into key themes and shared with subject matter experts from each theme area. Over the next few weeks, each subject matter expert with share a video update with you.
The first updates on wellbeing, digital and learning and development are below and show how we are listening and responding to your feedback:
Wellbeing feedback
Jerry Sanderson, wellbeing feedback on YouTube.
Digital
Nikki Swift, digital feedback on YouTube.
Pay and reward
Lee Gregory, pay and reward feedback on YouTube.
Learning and development
Rebecca McDermott, learning and development feedback on YouTube.
Has action been taken as a result of a survey at organisation level?
Lowest scoring questions
Focus groups were held throughout October and November with our engagement volunteers and subject matter experts. They helped identify actions to make positive improvement in the lowest 4 scoring areas of the survey.
I am reward fairly
We'll better promote our benefits to current and perspective colleagues. We'll also explain why our electric and hybrid vehicle salary sacrifice scheme (EHV) is only available to colleagues above a certain salary. We'll regularly review our benefit offering so all colleagues have access to a range of benefits that best suit their circumstances.
I am valued and recognised
We'll update and regularly share our recognition toolkit to encourage more individual and team recognition from peers and managers. We'll also embed it into our leadership induction and incorporate it into our one-to-one and PDR processes to ensure recognition and feedback remains a priority. In addition, we'll remind managers about the value of recognising long service, as we know how much this means to you.
I am involved in decisions that affect me and my work
We'll ensure all leaders really see the importance of involving you in decisions within their remit by incorporating this into our leadership development offer. We'll also highlight the importance of clearly explaining why certain decisions are outside of our control. We'll also develop a decision-making/empowerment activity in our team building toolkit to encourage more open discussions.
I believe my wellbeing is important to the organisation
We'll regularly communicate our wellbeing offer in different ways, so more colleagues see it, as well as sharing it on a single page, making it easier to understand. You've told us our one-to-one template supports great wellbeing conversations, so we'll further embed this to ensure they're taking place more consistently across the council.
These activities will be included in our longer-term approach to drive engagement across the council. Find out more about our plans.
Verbatim comments
We also identified key themes from the survey verbatim comments including: pay and reward; management and leadership; communication; work environment; digital and systems; wellbeing and workload; learning and development; and recruitment and staffing.
All comments have been shared with leads from each area who will provide an update with you in the coming weeks.