Culture survey questions and Excel template

A culture survey gathers perceptions of current behaviours and practices: decisions, trust, collaboration and learning. It does not itself define desired values or measure satisfaction in an equivalent way. This bank includes 32 original questions across four sections, with no claim of psychometric validation.

HR or the listening owner defines purpose and collection. Leaders commit to responding to results. Decide before launch who can see detailed data and who receives aggregates only.

Suggestion: semiannual or annual, with a focused pulse after action. Keep wording, scale and context consistent when comparing cycles; changing selection changes comparability.

1. 1.Choose a decision purpose, such as understanding whether priorities and responsibilities are clear. Decide what you can do with answers.
2. 2.Start with 2–3 questions per section, roughly 8–12 total, as a suggestion. For a pulse, choose 1–2 per priority objective. These are not quotas: remove questions you cannot act on.
3. 3.Select Yes for chosen questions. Questionnaire brings them together to copy into your collection tool. It includes a 1–5 agreement scale and N/A.
4. 4.Pilot with a small group and check comprehension and actual completion time. Configure privacy in the collection tool and explain purpose, access and retention.
5. 5.Save a cycle copy and freeze selection before analysis. Enter aggregate counts by ID. The template calculates favourable responses (4–5), excluding N/A, and records actions.