Agility Accelerator Help Guide
Survey Set-up: Network Questions
Over the course of conducting organizational network analysis projects for more than 20 years, we have learned which questions produce results that matter. The questions included in this platform are ones that inevitably yield interesting insights.
Network Questions
- Work network: The first question in this section is foundational and therefore required as it forms the basis for the network diagram and network metrics. The Work network identifies who you turn to for information important to your work effectiveness, which typically includes problem-solving, ideation, developmental feedback, career advice, etc. Once participants select the names of the people who comprise their Work network, these names are then carried forward to the following network questions.
- Option to Identify Additional Names: This optional question is intended to capture the names and emails of people who were not identified on the namelist, and preloaded in the Work network question. If you are not certain that you’ve identified everyone in the group, or you’d like to identify other people outside the group who are important to the group’s objectives (for example. consultants or contractors), then include this question. The names of these people will not be added to the network analysis, but are captured separately.
- Access network: We recommend including the second network question regarding access. This question, combined with the Work network, helps to pinpoint who may be collaboratively overloaded: people who are highly sought out, but who others need more access to in order to get their work done.
- Openness & Energy network: We recommend including the third network question also, which asks about sources of open, energizing interactions. People who exhibit these behaviors are much more likely to build followership, engagement, and to be a high-performer.
- Relational Benefits (or Process) network: This network question is customizable, and can provide either a better understanding of the benefits relayed via the network, or can be modified to identify the networks which comprise processes. Multiple responses can be selected for this question.
Adjustable Help Text
This customizable pop-up message will appear just prior to the very first network question (the Work network) to set context for respondents just before they begin thinking about people in their network.