McLean Employee Engagement

Social Recognition

Ways for people to see recognition and share it – badges, newsfeed, etc​.

Templates & Question Library

Tool provides a set of pre-made templates and questions to select from to simplify survey build.

Questionnaire Design/Survey Builder

Create a variety of question formats including multiple choice, check box, open answers, drag and drop technology, rating scales, and auto-fill.

Audience Segmentation

The ability to create and analyze discrete customer audience segments based on user-defined criteria or variables.

Analytics and Reporting

Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

Automatic Notifications

Push notifications/reminders to employees via email, mobile, etc.

Pulse Surveys

Create and distribute short surveys to measure employee engagement levels over time.

Dashboards and Visualization

Ability to visualize data and create analytics dashboards.

Benchmarking

Ability to compare key employee engagement metrics with similar businesses in similar industries.

Vendor Support

The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Availability and Quality of Training

Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Implementation

Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Business Value Created

Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of IT Administration

This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Usability and Intuitiveness

End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Quality of Features

Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Data Integration

Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Ease of Customization

Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Breadth of Features

Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.