Employee Engagement Survey

The 2026 Employee Engagement Check-In Survey is coming July 7th!

Here’s what you should know

  • From July 7 to 19, all Fairview team members are invited to take the Employee Engagement Check-In Survey.
  • All responses are confidential.
  • The survey should take less than five minutes and can be done on a computer or mobile device.
  • Sharing your voice helps our future as an organization as we work towards our vision of becoming the most human-centered health system – with a focus on creating a mission drive, high performing culture to Make Health Happen with Human Compassion.

Your Employee Engagement Check-In Survey Resources

Survey Flyer: COMING SOON! Print and post this flyer in common spaces. Three translations are included: English, Somali, and Spanish.

Teams Background: Use these ideas to help boost survey participation on your team.

Survey Confidentiality 1-Pager: Learn how your answers and participation are confidential during each step of the survey process.

Our Employee Engagement Survey Approach

Our annual Employee Engagement Survey is more than just answering questions once a year, it’s a guide post for actions that we take all year long to improve the experience of our team members. 

Our engagement survey approach is divided into 4 steps:

1. Participate in the survey. Leaders can help encourage participation with tools and resources available on this page.

2. Share results. Leaders with 5 or more team members will be able to see survey results. Plan on sharing with your team.

3. Set goals as a Team. Based on the survey results, identify goals and enter them into Talent Connect.

4. Take action. Make a plan with your team to work towards engagement goals are year long.

Diagram describing the four stages of the Employee Engagement Survey

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Participate in the Survey

Explore information about how to take the survey, encourage your team to participate, and track your team’s participation in Power BI. 

Resources for Leaders

​Create awareness and boost participation with these resources

    Check-In Survey Talking Points, Participation Booster Ideas, and FAQs – COMING SOON

    Share the most important information about the survey with your team , help boost survey participation, and find FAQs with this resource.

    Engagement Survey Flyer – COMING SOON

    Print and post this flyer in common spaces. Three translations are included: English, Somali, and Spanish.

    Check-In Survey Teams Background

    Get the word out about the survey with every person you interact with in Teams meetings. Add this image to your background in Teams.

    Employee Engagement Survey Toolkit & FAQs: Everything you need to know about the Fairview Employee Engagement Survey! This resource includes: Key Survey Information, Talking Points for Leaders, Participation Boosters, and FAQs

    Engagement Survey Flyer: Print and post this flyer in common spaces. The flyer includes three translations: English, Somali, and Spanish. 

    Engagement Survey Teams Background: Get the word out about the survey with every person you interact with in Teams meetings. Add this image to your background in Teams.

    Survey Confidentiality 1-Pager: Learn how your answers and participation are confidential during each step of the survey process.

    Share Results

    Leaders can use these tools to share results with their teams. 

    Smart Reports Quick Guide:

    Learn more about the new Smart Reports platform and find instructions for how to navigate your results.

    Leader Action Guide – Engagement Survey Results

    Your step‐by-step guide to help you share engagement survey results with your team, create your People Engagement SMART goal(s), and develop an engagement action plan. 

    AHRQ Culture of Safety Action Ideas for Leaders. Discover recommended ideas for improvement specific to the three categories (communication, leadership, teamwork) in the AHRQ Culture of Safety survey. You can also find information and resources on the Quality and Safety SharePoint site.

    Engagement Survey – Example Goals and Actions

    Find key information about the engagement survey, including:

      • Overview of organizational engagement results.
      • Explanation of each survey category, including example SMART goals and actions.
      • Recommended resources and learning activities to help you achieve your goals.
      • Answers to your frequently asked questions about survey results

      Check back soon for 2026 updates to the following resource (2025 version is currently linked)

      Check-In Survey Results Leader Guide

      Share results with your team using this resource as a guide.

      Set Goals as a Team

      Each team is responsible for creating goals based on opportunities from the survey results. Use these tools to help you create and identify goals.

      In addition to the two resources below, we recommend referring to the Leader Action Guide and Example Goals and Actions resources listed under the Share Results tab.

      Enter and Cascade Goals – User Guide 

      Your resource for support on how to use Talent Connect for your employee engagement survey related goals.

      How to Guide – SMART Goals

      Work with your team to create strong goals that are Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Time bound (SMART). 

      Take Action

      Learn how you can regularly check in and follow up on your team’s engagement goals all year.

      Driving Team Engagement Webinar

      Engagement is more than just an annual survey. We can all take action to create the workplace culture we can engage with. Learn more about how you can lead your team’s engagement planning by registering for our Leader Webinar.

      Discover How Your Colleagues Are Taking Action on Engagement

      A Better Together Culture

      To support and maintain a culture of support, M Health Fairview Clinics and Surgery Center – Maple Grove created a Better Together Committee to support engagement, relationship building, and connection.

      Service Brings Connection to the Eden Prairie Clinic

      In response to their 2022 survey results, leaders at the Eden Prairie Clinic started a Fun Committee to help team members get to know each other by creating opportunities for connection.

      Using Development and Team Work to Drive Engagement and Culture

      In response to struggling with first year and frontline turnover, leaders on the Laboratory Services team created the Laboratory Development University (LDU), a four full-day leadership series designed to support frontline leaders.

      Bringing Back Traditions to Create New Celebrations at Clinics Across the System

      To reconnect teams and build relationships, managers from 40+ primary care clinics in the system came together to design appreciation activities and games focused on employee engagement.