OVS Setup & Customization

This article lists what you might want to collect from your client to setup the Organizational Vital Signs and make the most out of the tool.

Example Demographic Items:

Which department are you in?  (Sales/Marketing, Ops/Plant, Admin/Support, SLT)

Where are you based?

What job classification do you hold?

What type of employee are you?

What’s your product / service focus area?

How do you identify racially? (Black, Latinx/Hispanic, Asian, Indigenous, White, Biracial or Multiracial, Not listed or prefer not to answer)

What gender identifier do you use? (Female; Male; Nonbinary, Fluid or Trans; Not listed or prefer not to answer)

Example Custom Items:

o   If you could tell the CEO one idea to improve the company, here’s your chance – what do you want to tell ___(name)? (open)

o   Which of our core values are we most successfully bringing to life in the organization? (list: loyalty, integrity, people, growth, value)

o   Which of our core values are we least successfully bringing to life in the organization: (list: loyalty, integrity, people, growth, value)

o   In regards to the previous question, what’s one way we could improve this? (open)

o   The national sales office effectively supports field reps (rating)

o   The sales reps effectively dialogue with office staff (rating)

o   The national office supports you to be successful (rating)

o   We are one organization with one shared mission (rating)

o   My direct supervisor lives up to the organization’s values (rating)

o   My direct supervisor consistently enforces policy (rating)

o   When we say ____ (slogan) here, we really mean it (rating)

o   As an organization, we are serious about our commitment to green business (rating)

o   Please give an example of why you gave the rating above (open)

o   I am appropriately included in decisions

o   I understand our current strategy/direction.

o   I agree with our current strategy/direction.