My Voice at GW
My Voice at GW is the employee engagement survey for The George Washington University. We partnered with Gallup to develop a brief, highly validated engagement survey using their Q12 engagement survey as a foundation.
What is Gallup?
Gallup is a leading global analytics and advice firm with over 80 years of data collection experience and over 35 million respondents in their employee engagement database. They’ve studied 2.7 million workers across over 100,000 teams to learn what employees need most to perform their best. Along with the Q12, they handle nationwide polling for elections and the CliftonStrengths assessment.
What is Employee Engagement?
Employee engagement as the involvement and enthusiasm of employees in both their work and institution. It is driven by individuals finding purpose and meaning in their work and being recognized for their unique contributions -- basic psychological needs that must be met in order for people to perform their work well. The survey measures the extent to which these needs are met.
About the Survey
The survey takes approximately five to ten minutes to complete. Each staff and faculty member will receive a unique link from Gallup inviting them to participate in the survey. Gallup directly administers the survey. Your answers are anonymous -- individual results are not shared with GW, so employees can feel comfortable providing candid answers. Employees should avoid including any identifying information in response to the open-ended question.
You can view our survey FAQ page and email us at myvoice
gwu [dot] edu with any further questions.
How the Survey Was Developed
The My Voice at GW survey was developed to help communicate employees needs and current level of engagement. In spring 2022, a GW Working Group was convened, and GW and Gallup held open information sessions for faculty and staff about the survey. Gallup then conducted follow-up focus sessions with stakeholders from faculty and staff.
Executive Committee Members
An Executive Committee was formed in 2022 consisting of leadership from Academic Affairs, Athletics, Compliance, Division of Safety and Operations, Faculty Affairs, GSEHD, HRMD, and University Advancement was convened to consider stakeholder input and determine the final instrument used for the survey.
| Sabrina Minor | HRMD |
| Tanya Vogel | Athletics |
| Michael Feuer | GSEHD |
| Dorinda Tucker | Compliance |
| Rose Dunnegan | Safety & Facilities |
| Emily Hammond | Faculty Affairs |
| Terri Murphy | Academic Affairs |
| Anne Dean | University Advancement |
Action Planning
GW school and unit leaders will receive aggregate survey results for their school or unit. Individual results are anonymous and confidential, and not shared with GW. School and unit leaders share results with their teams, and typically work with engagement champions within the school/unit to develop action plans to address concerns specific to their results. Each school or unit will own their action planning and should integrate this action planning into priorities and goals (at a school/unit, team, and individual level) to address those plans.