Gallup Q12® Programme

A System for Creating a Base of Highly Engaged Employees

The Gallup Q12 Programme is an integrated system of evidence-based measurement, education, action planning and consulting that is proved to improve key clinical, operational and financial outcomes. Through years of analysis, Gallup identified 12 items - known as the Gallup Q12 - for measuring drivers of employee engagement.

Unlike satisfaction alone, engagement is a predictor of work behaviour and overall performance. Gallup provides training in the interpretation of employee engagement data and action planning to maximise strengths, address improvement opportunities and increase engagement.

Understanding the Pivotal Roles of Leaders and Managers

Organisations don't have just one culture; they have as many cultures as they have managers. Gallup's research shows that employee engagement levels are greatly influenced by manager relationships. Recognising this, Gallup performed a large research effort entailing in-depth interviews with more than 80,000 leaders and managers. This research provided insights into the characteristics of great leaders and managers and, more importantly, specifically identified what it is that great managers do differently. These discoveries are included in Gallup's Q12 programme. They are also extensively discussed in the book: First, Break All the Rules. Gallup's solution integrates worker engagement measurement with individualised instruction for leaders and managers. Other approaches typically provide one or the other of these components - but not both.

An Integrated Solution of Data-Driven Measurement and Education ~

1. Highly researched

  • More than 60 years of research
  • Paper released in 2006 confirming correlation between Q12 elements and business outcomes
  • Gallup's extensive experience with survey questions incorporating language and format of questions

2. Gallup's panel of more than 200 scientists

  • Gallup scientist Daniel Kahneman Ph.D is the only psychologist to be awarded the Nobel prize for Economics for his work linking engagement to business outcomes

3. Extensive research between 1997 and 2006 confirmed the predictability of business metrics correlated to the Q12 elements

  • Q12 assists to improve Safety, Revenue, Productivity and the customer experience
  • Q12 assists to reduce Staff turnover, Staff absenteeism and Shrinkage

4. Benchmarks across 5.6 million respondents

  • Most extensive database in the world
  • Country and/or industry specific benchmarks available
  • Significant retail sector database

5. Q12 is simple

  • Takes only minutes to complete
  • Very high response rate - average is 87%, web-based
  • Can be customised with client specific questions
  • More than 40 additional questions to choose from that are benchmarked across leadership/culture/innovation/change management/accountability etc

6. Q12 results are eminently actionable

  • Managers / supervisors know exactly what to do

7. Excellent development programmes available around people management and coaching skills

8. Global expertise in retail - Gallup works with some of the best and largest organisations in the world

9. Opportunity to link to customer engagement - HumanSigma®

Gallup is the world's premier partner for organisations seeking to measure and harness their human capital potential to improve overall business performance.