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Survey Summary

Gathering employee feedback about their supervisors brought to light areas in which university leaders are successful and areas for improvement.

Areas of Success:

These areas of success received an 80 percent or above from employees.

Most employees feel: 

  • they know what they need to be successful in their job
  • their direct supervisor supports them
  • they have supervisors who recognize the importance of their personal and family life
  • their direct supervisor cares about them as a person
  • their supervisor listens when approached with a problem
  • they have supervisors who are responsive to their ideas, requests and suggestions

Areas of Improvement:

These areas of improvement received 69 percent or lower ratings from employees.

  • Create a sense of community within your teams
  • Offer sufficient learning opportunities
  • Map employees next steps to move up in the organization
  • Discuss employees’ future at Boise State
  • Manage workloads
  • Recognize employees on a frequent basis
  • Provide regular, constructive feedback to employees