Fabien Pinel - BuddiesHR

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Remote and Hybrid workplace

This or that questions for work: 50 that take two seconds

50 this or that questions for work in five sections, a work-with-me card builder, and a five-minute speed round for Slack or Teams.

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Remote and Hybrid workplace

"Would you rather" questions for work: 40 that show work style

40 would you rather questions for work, sorted by what they reveal, with a pair picker and a guide to reading a split vote.

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Remote and Hybrid workplace

Coffee chat questions: 32, sorted by who you're meeting

32 coffee chat questions for colleagues, sorted by who you're meeting, with a four-move structure, three follow-ups and a free planner.

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Employee engagement

Improve survey response rate: three leaks, three fixes

Low survey response rate? Find out whether people never saw it, didn't start it or gave up, with a free leak finder and the fix for each.

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Employee engagement

Employee satisfaction survey: why 4.2 out of 5 proves little

A 4.2 out of 5 can hide an unhappy team. See what an employee satisfaction survey measures, how to read the score, and the eight questions worth asking.

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Employee engagement

Anonymous employee survey: a recipe to make it truly anonymous

An anonymous employee survey leaks through small slices, subtraction and comments. Here are three checks to run before you share any breakdown.

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Employee engagement

Employee engagement survey: set 3 numbers before you send

An employee engagement survey needs three numbers set before you send: target response rate, smallest reportable group and days to a visible change.

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Employee engagement

Pulse survey: why it gets fewer answers than the annual one

A pulse survey is short and frequent, yet one vendor's data says it gets fewer answers than the annual survey. How to design one people keep answering.

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Employee engagement

eNPS: why one detractor swings a small team's score

What eNPS is, how to calculate it, and why a small team should read the score as a range. Includes a free calculator with margin of error.

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Remote and Hybrid workplace

Icebreaker questions: 60 that actually get real answers

A large bank of icebreaker questions for remote teams, standups, 1:1s and new hires, plus the research on why some get real answers.

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Employee engagement

Psychological safety at work: measure it, don't guess

Almost every team claims to feel safe. Few can prove it. Here's why psychological safety surveys fail small and remote teams, and how to track it on a cadence instead of a one-time scan.

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Human Resources

Employee directory template: the three columns that matter

Most templates give you fourteen columns. Eleven of them your systems already know. Here are the three worth asking a human for, and a builder for the rest.