The 2015 university-wide staff survey was conducted October 12-30, 2015. The overall response rate reached 61 percent.
To ensure confidentiality, the university-wide survey was administered by CEB's Workforce Surveys & Analytics, an independent research organization.
Below is a high-level summary of the 2015 project timeline and key milestones.
Survey Timeline and Key Milestones
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Timing |
Details |
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| October 2016 | University Human Resources provides university-wide update on 2015 Staff Survey initiative and next steps. |
| Spring - Summer 2016 | Alignment with Existing University Initiatives, Action Planning Implementation, and Ongoing Communications As schools and VP areas develop and implement action plans, regular updates should be shared with employees. |
| March - May 2016 |
Action Planning Decisions about action steps may be implemented university-wide or at the school, unit or even department or group level, based on themes the results show. |
| March - April 2016 | Results Reporting and Discovery Phase Schools and VP areas are encouraged to share local results and schedule discovery meetings to dive deep and clarify the survey findings. |
| Late February - March 2016 |
Summary of Survey Results Shared Broadly
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| Early February 2016 | Survey Liaison and Leadership Training University-wide and local school and VP area survey data shared with liaisons and leaders. |
| December 2015 - February 2016 | Debrief Meetings with University Leadership University Human Resources and CEB shares survey results and key themes with leaders across campus. |
| December 7, 2015 | Update on 2015 Staff Survey Response rate (61 percent) was published in the Cardinal at Work Insider newsletter and sent to all benefits-eligible employees. |
| October 12-30, 2015 | University-wide Survey Period All benefits-eligible staff received an email invitation at their stanford.edu email address ‘from’: stanfordstaffsurvey@cebglobal.com (link sends e-mail). The invitation included the survey URL and login information to participate in the engagement survey. |
| Late September - early October 2015 | Pre-survey Communications |
| September 2015 | Survey Testing |
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April – August 2015 |
Project and Survey Implementation Planning Survey design and organizational hierarchy developed for reporting results |
