How does an initiative get created?

In the dashboard, the platform separates strengths from focus areas and ranks them by their impact on the goal you have set. On a focus area you start the action straight from that view. Alternatively you let the AI suggest actions - each with benefits, implementation steps and challenges - and adopt one of them as an initiative.

What does an initiative consist of?

A title, an owner, a deadline, your own notes and a checklist of implementation steps. Plus the reference to the survey and the specific question the action came from. Visibility is yours to decide per initiative.

Does the platform remind people about deadlines?

Yes. An email reminder goes out automatically before the due date. When the status of an initiative changes, the platform notifies creators, assignees and admins - you do not have to ask for an update.

Can we hide actions on sensitive topics?

Yes. Initiatives can be set to private, which keeps individual actions separate from company-wide ones. The results an action is based on are only reported once the configured anonymity threshold is met - the details are under security and data protection.

Can initiatives be shared or exported?

You share an initiative via link with the stakeholders it concerns. The board view can be exported to Excel at any time with the filters you have set - useful for steering committees and reports to the executive team.

How do we know whether an action changed anything?

Because the initiative stays linked to the survey and the question, you compare the trend on that same question in your next survey. Topic trends show how a theme develops across several periods on top of that. Both live in your dashboards.

Do we need this if we already track actions in a project tool?

The difference is the connection to the result: the initiative is created from the question that triggered it and stays linked to it - which is what makes it possible to show later, on the trend of that same question, whether it worked. If you also want to track progress in your own project tool, export the board to Excel with the filters you have set.

Are Initiatives included in every plan?

Initiatives are included in the Business and Enterprise plans and can be added to the Team plan. The current split - including the AI-generated action suggestions - is in the feature comparison on the pricing page.

Employee Survey Action Plans: Track Initiatives

Spreadsheet, minutes, ticket

Your action list lives next to your results

Today

What it costs

Today

Actions sit in a spreadsheet or in the minutes of a leadership meeting - the results sit somewhere else

What it costs

Nobody can say later which result an action was answering
Today

Owners and deadlines are kept up to date by hand, usually by HR

What it costs

The status is only as current as the last time someone asked
Today

Once an action is in the ticket system, its link to the survey is gone

What it costs

At your next survey there is no evidence of whether it changed anything

With Initiatives, every focus area becomes an action with an owner, a deadline and measurable impact - inside the same system as your results.

Start acting on feedback with Initiatives - and make change visible

Join forces and act together

Let your managers run team-relevant initiatives. Make them transparent and show employees you are dedicated to driving change.
Work on business-critical initiatives one step at a time

However big your initiative, document small steps, iterate, and see tangible results faster.
See your actions through

Stay on track and never lose track of your started initiatives. Help others be accountable and responsible for driving change.

In detail

How Initiatives work

A result becomes an action plan

Give your initiative a name, assign an owner, choose a deadline, and add your own notes
Is it sensitive? Make it private to keep individual actions separate from company-wide ones
Link it to a concrete survey and question - so it stays clear what the action responds to

Initiative with owner, survey reference, deadline and implementation checklist

Kanban-style board of initiatives with draft, defined, in progress and completed columns, owners and due dates

Keep progress of all your initiatives in one place

Easily monitor, follow up, and communicate your actions in a Kanban-style board
The filter bar hides what is not part of the question right now - by owner, status or area
Share initiatives with stakeholders via link, or export the board to Excel with the filters you have set

AI initiative suggestions with benefits, steps and challenges

Every initiative starts at a result

See strengths and focus areas ranked by their impact on your goal
Start the initiative right from your dashboard
Or have the AI suggest actions and adopt one of them

How the AI suggests actions

Follow-up

What keeps actions from fizzling out

Reminders arrive on their own

The platform emails a reminder before every deadline. Creators, assignees and admins are notified automatically when something changes.
No second tool to maintain

The action is created where the result sits - no export, no copying into a ticketing system. Share the board via link, or export it to Excel with the filters you have set.
You can see whether it worked

Because the initiative stays linked to the survey and the question, your next survey shows the trend on that same question - and topic trends show it across several periods.

How to measure the impact

Don't take our word for it

What customers say about Initiatives

Make change tangible and successful

After a survey it is often a challenge to translate the insights into lasting change. The Initiatives module provides the support and structure needed to guide those processes efficiently and to get change moving. An absolute added value for making change tangible and successful.

Jannis Quint HR Coach Change Management | Speira GmbH
Managers take ownership

From an HR management perspective, Honestly helps us pick up feedback systematically and put it to effective use. Managers take ownership of the results, and employees feel that their input is taken seriously and turns into concrete development steps.

Sabine Löffler Deputy Head of Human Resources | AWO Psychiatriezentrum
From insights to concrete areas for improvement

The insights from the employee surveys helped us identify three concrete areas for improvement: workload, talent development and cross-departmental communication. The partnership with Honestly is key to fostering a fulfilling work environment at PARI.

Cornelia Pierach-Walter Director Human Resources | PARI GmbH

Frequently asked

What people ask about Initiatives first

How does an initiative get created?

In the dashboard, the platform separates strengths from focus areas and ranks them by their impact on the goal you have set. On a focus area you start the action straight from that view. Alternatively you let the AI suggest actions - each with benefits, implementation steps and challenges - and adopt one of them as an initiative.
What does an initiative consist of?

A title, an owner, a deadline, your own notes and a checklist of implementation steps. Plus the reference to the survey and the specific question the action came from. Visibility is yours to decide per initiative.
Does the platform remind people about deadlines?

Yes. An email reminder goes out automatically before the due date. When the status of an initiative changes, the platform notifies creators, assignees and admins - you do not have to ask for an update.
Can we hide actions on sensitive topics?

Yes. Initiatives can be set to private, which keeps individual actions separate from company-wide ones. The results an action is based on are only reported once the configured anonymity threshold is met - the details are under security and data protection.
Can initiatives be shared or exported?

You share an initiative via link with the stakeholders it concerns. The board view can be exported to Excel at any time with the filters you have set - useful for steering committees and reports to the executive team.
How do we know whether an action changed anything?

Because the initiative stays linked to the survey and the question, you compare the trend on that same question in your next survey. Topic trends show how a theme develops across several periods on top of that. Both live in your dashboards.
Do we need this if we already track actions in a project tool?

The difference is the connection to the result: the initiative is created from the question that triggered it and stays linked to it - which is what makes it possible to show later, on the trend of that same question, whether it worked. If you also want to track progress in your own project tool, export the board to Excel with the filters you have set.
Are Initiatives included in every plan?

Initiatives are included in the Business and Enterprise plans and can be added to the Team plan. The current split - including the AI-generated action suggestions - is in the feature comparison on the pricing page.