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Engagement scores are one thing. Actually doing something with them, that's where most HR teams get stuck between an annual survey and a shoutout channel nobody opens. Three platforms built for the whole loop, listening, recognising, and acting on what employees are actually telling you.
👇 Scroll below for TOOLiee's Pick of the Day, tools we think are actually worth your time.
🧠 Here's a TOOLiee Fun Fact!
Only 20% of employees globally report being actively engaged at work, the lowest that number's been since 2020. Yet 85% say recognition matters to them, and most feel they don't get enough of it. That gap between what people want and what they're getting is where these tools live.
💡 Knowledge Bytes
📌 Employees recognised weekly are 2.7x more likely to be highly engaged, and companies with strong recognition cultures see 31% lower voluntary turnover.
📌 Annual engagement surveys create a 3-6 month blind spot before problems surface. Continuous pulse listening catches disengagement while it's still fixable.
📌 Managers account for 70% of the variance in team-level engagement, recognition frequency and quality 1:1s are the most controllable levers HR actually has.
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1️⃣ Microsoft Viva Glint
Enterprise engagement survey platform built into Microsoft Viva, using organisation-wide surveys across six core drivers, growth, purpose, clarity, connection, empowerment, and wellbeing, with an AI engine that reads every open-ended comment and surfaces patterns at scale.
Why HRs love Viva Glint
📌 NLP reads thousands of comments so nobody's manually sifting through 500 written responses after a survey closes.
📌 Flags teams showing early attrition or performance-decline patterns automatically, no dashboard-checking required.
📌 Native Microsoft 365 and Teams integration means survey notifications and results live where employees already work.
📌 Copilot in Viva Glint is included with a standard licence, no separate AI add-on to negotiate.
2️⃣ EngageWith
Peer-to-peer recognition and pulse survey platform built directly into Slack and Microsoft Teams, letting recognition, feedback, and eNPS happen inside the tools employees already use daily.
Why HRs love EngageWith
📌 Recognition takes under 60 seconds and posts publicly, so appreciation compounds instead of disappearing into a private DM.
📌 Pulse surveys and eNPS run inside Slack or Teams, no separate app to open or password to remember.
📌 Rewards catalog spans 100+ platforms across 50+ countries, Amazon, Nike, Domino's, so recognition isn't just a badge.
📌 Anonymous Suggestion Box and 360° Feedback give employees a way to speak up without it being traced back to them.
3️⃣ Leapsome
All-in-one people platform connecting performance reviews, OKRs, learning, and engagement surveys in one system, so engagement data isn't sitting disconnected from actual performance and growth conversations.
Why HRs love Leapsome
📌 Engagement surveys feed directly into performance and development conversations instead of living in a separate silo.
📌 Continuous feedback and 1:1 tools give managers the structure Gallup says drives most of the engagement variance.
📌 75+ integrations, including BambooHR, ADP, Slack, and Teams, mean it slots into an existing HR stack rather than replacing it.
📌 Learning paths tied to review outcomes turn a low engagement score into an actual development plan, not just a data point.
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