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Employee Shared Understanding Assessment™


Employee Shared Understanding Assessment™

This assessment helps identify how well understanding is shared throughout your organization from the employee perspective.

Answer based on your personal experience.

There are no right or wrong answers.

Understanding

These questions explore how well goals, priorities, and the reasons behind organizational decisions are understood throughout the organization.

I understand my organization's most important goals. *
I understand why major initiatives are launched. *
I can clearly explain my organization's priorities. *
People in my organization seem to share the same understanding of success. *

Communication

These questions explore how clearly and consistently information is communicated throughout the organization.

Important information is communicated clearly. *
Messages from leadership are generally consistent. *
I receive enough context to understand organizational decisions. *
Communication helps reduce confusion. *

Participation

These questions explore how actively employees contribute to improvement and problem solving.
Employees are encouraged to contribute improvement ideas. *
I feel comfortable raising problems. *
My team actively participates in improvement efforts. *
I believe my input matters. *

Ownership

These questions explore the degree to which people feel responsible for improving processes and achieving results.
People take responsibility for improving their work. *
People approach problems as shared challenges rather than blaming individuals. *
Teams work together to solve issues. *
I feel connected to the organization's success. *

Improvement Capability

These questions explore how well improvement principles and process thinking are understood.
I understand how my work affects other parts of the process. *
People look for causes of problems instead of assigning blame. *
Improvement methods are explained clearly. *
Improvement efforts are sustained over time. *

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