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Why steering your culture with an annual engagement survey is like driving using only the rear-view mirror.
"We didn't see it coming." But they did — it was in the engagement survey, six months ago, on page 34. A rear-view mirror tells you what you hit. A windshield tells you what you can still avoid.
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An earlier version of this piece was first published on LinkedIn.
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Annual engagement surveys tell you what you hit. To avoid what’s coming, leaders need a windshield — frequent signals they actually act on.