The passage introduces key questions organizations should consider before launching an employee engagement survey. With so many surveys in everyday life, leaders must distinguish meaningful measurement from guesswork and consider whether a survey will truly help or potentially create new issues. Decisions such as always-on versus annual surveys, qualitative versus quantitative data, and satisfaction versus engagement should be intentional. Understanding employee engagement is critical, as engaged employees invest their energy, purpose, and effort into their work. A well-designed survey helps organizations gain insight, improve decision-making, and strengthen engagement, but only when its purpose, design, and timing are carefully thought through.

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