Engagement & analytics glossary
A shared language for HR, people analytics, and leadership teams — drawn from how Corpmetrix runs programmes in practice.
Citeable definitions for programmes and search.
- PEACE®
Corpmetrix’s employee engagement model measuring five dimensions: Purpose, Empowerment, Achievement, Culture, and Evolvement. It gives HR and leaders one shared language from survey design through action planning, instead of a long list of disconnected scores.
- Purpose (PEACE®)
Whether people see why their work matters — for the customer, the company, and themselves. Purpose turns effort into commitment and, across Corpmetrix research cohorts, predicts intention to stay more tightly than almost any other single factor.
- Empowerment (PEACE®)
Whether employees have the trust, tools, and clear boundaries to act. Empowerment covers autonomy to decide and resources to deliver — so ownership and speed are possible without approval theatre.
- Achievement (PEACE®)
Whether people can progress and win: clear goals, visible progress, and recognition for results. Achievement builds pride and keeps high performers growing.
- Culture (PEACE®)
Whether the workplace is fair, respectful, and cohesive. Culture covers psychological safety and shared norms — the system that makes the other PEACE® dimensions livable day to day.
- Evolvement (PEACE®)
Whether people are learning and adapting as roles and markets change. Evolvement keeps organisations — and individuals — future-ready beyond a single survey cycle.
- Action Hub®
Corpmetrix’s workspace that turns survey evidence into owned work. AI-assisted interventions, simple commitments for managers, and tracking from team to enterprise — so managers never open a blank action page.
- ACT™
Corpmetrix’s action methodology inside Action Hub®: Analyze, Commit, Track & Test. Survey-native actions use two KPIs — execution and experience — routed to enterprise, function, or team, with HR governing follow-through.
- OHBI
Organisational Health Benchmark Index — Corpmetrix’s comparison band so leaders can see what “good” looks like against industry and regional norms, not only their own absolute scores.
- Employee engagement
How motivated and committed employees are to contribute — not only how content they are with conditions. Corpmetrix measures engagement through the five PEACE® dimensions, then turns scores into action plans leaders can own.
- Employee satisfaction
How content employees are with their conditions (pay, tools, environment). Satisfaction is not the same as engagement: buyers often search for a satisfaction or staff survey when they mean a full engagement programme. Corpmetrix covers that intent with PEACE® measurement plus delivery.
- Employee experience (EX)
The cumulative journey of interactions an employee has with the organisation — from hire through exit. Engagement programmes, pulses, onboarding, and exit surveys are instruments for understanding and improving that journey.
- Employee lifecycle
The stages of employment from attraction and onboarding through performance, development, and exit. Corpmetrix programmes map listening instruments (engagement, pulse, 360°, onboarding, exit) to the stages that matter for retention and performance.
- Pulse survey
A short, recurring survey between major engagement cycles to track mood, progress on actions, and emerging issues. Pulses keep leaders close to the workforce without waiting for the next annual programme.
- 360-degree feedback
A multi-rater assessment of leadership behaviours from managers, peers, direct reports, and sometimes customers. Corpmetrix 360° programmes use anonymity thresholds (typically three raters per group) so individuals are not identifiable in the packs leaders receive.
- eNPS (Employee Net Promoter Score)
An advocacy signal: whether employees would recommend the organisation as a place to work. Use eNPS as a headline metric; use PEACE® dimensions as the diagnostic. A rising eNPS with falling Empowerment is a warning, not a win.
- Onboarding survey
A listening instrument early in tenure to check whether new hires understand purpose, have decision rights, see early wins, and know how to grow — before disengagement or early attrition sets in.
- Exit survey / exit interview
Structured feedback from departing employees about why they leave and what would have kept them. Exit listening complements engagement cycles by explaining regrettable attrition in PEACE® language leaders can act on.
- Leadership assessment
Evaluation of leader behaviours and effectiveness — often via 360° feedback — so development plans target observed gaps rather than self-perception alone.
- Culture diagnostic
A structured read of organisational norms, fairness, and cohesion — closely related to the Culture dimension of PEACE®. Diagnostics help leaders see whether stated values match everyday behaviour.
- Engagement driver
A factor that moves engagement scores — in Corpmetrix programmes, typically a PEACE® dimension or item family. Drivers tell leaders where to intervene, not only whether the overall index rose or fell.
- Action planning
Turning survey findings into owned interventions with clear owners, timelines, and follow-up. Corpmetrix Action Hub® supports this with ready interventions and tracking so heatmaps become work, not slides.
- Benchmark
A comparison point — industry, regional, or internal trend — so leaders interpret scores in context. Corpmetrix uses OHBI and programme norms so absolute numbers are not read in isolation.
- Response rate
The share of invited employees who complete the survey. High participation strengthens trust in the results; Corpmetrix programmes typically target strong response rates through multichannel distribution and clear confidentiality messaging.
- Anonymity threshold
The minimum number of respondents required before group-level results are shown. Corpmetrix typically uses five respondents for engagement reports and three for 360° rater groups, so individuals are not identifiable in dashboards or exports.
- Manager effectiveness
How well people leaders create the conditions for engagement — clarity, fairness, coaching, and follow-through on “you said / we’re acting.” Manager packs and Action Hub® commitments make effectiveness measurable after a survey, not only during it.
- Psychological safety
The belief that people can speak up, ask for help, or admit mistakes without punishment. It sits inside PEACE® Culture and is essential for honest survey verbatim and for 360° feedback that leaders can trust.
- Stay interview
A structured conversation with current employees about why they stay and what might cause them to leave. Stay interviews complement survey data with qualitative signal before exit risk becomes exit.
- Sentiment analysis
Automated classification of open-text comments as positive, negative, or mixed. Corpmetrix applies AI theme and sentiment analysis in Arabic and English so leaders see patterns without reading every comment manually.
- Open-text / verbatim analysis
Thematic reading of free-text survey answers. AI clusters themes and sentiment across languages; consultants and HR still govern interpretation so sensitive comments stay confidential and actionable.
- Heatmap
A visual cut of survey scores by hierarchy, function, or location so leaders see where engagement is strong or weak. Heatmaps are a starting point for action planning, not the end of the programme.
- Continuous listening
An operating rhythm of engagement cycles, pulses, and action follow-up — not a one-off annual survey. Continuous listening keeps PEACE® language and Action Hub® commitments alive between major fieldwork windows.