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October 8, 202615 min read

Sociomatrix: How to Process Sociometry Results

How to build a sociomatrix, calculate sociometric status, mutual choices and cohesion, sort people into status groups and draw a target sociogram.

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October 1, 202618 min read

Gerchikov's Motivation Types: What the Model Shows and What It Can't Tell You

The five Gerchikov motivation types, how the Motype test works, what research confirmed, and how to match a motivation profile to the conditions of a job.

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September 28, 202619 min read

Anonymous Employee Surveys: How to Get Honest Answers Without Losing Trust

Learn how to run an anonymous employee survey, protect small groups, handle comments, explain privacy rules and report results without losing employee trust.

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September 22, 202618 min read

Employee Satisfaction Survey: What Works for Your Team, and What Doesn’t

Use this 30-question employee satisfaction survey template to assess work, managers, teams, workload, growth, pay, processes and working conditions.

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September 18, 202616 min read

Sociometry in the Workplace: Understanding Formal and Informal Team Connections

Learn how workplace sociometry maps formal and informal team connections, which questions to ask, how to build a sociogram, and how to interpret it.

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September 15, 202614 min read

360-Degree Feedback: What Managers, Peers and Direct Reports See

Learn how to run a 360-degree feedback survey: choose raters, write behavioral questions, protect anonymity, compare groups, and build a development plan.

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