So we have already talked about the employee survey. But there are more twists and turns than a Andes mountain road, so lets cover one of the more insipid mechanisms.
Say you have a team that responds to the survey. This team is a fun and vivacious team. They are also competent. And they love their team - or so their survey responses indicate.
But they hate the company they work for. Team Yay! Company boo!
Kudos to the manager of that team for making an exciting and engaging work environment for that team. The management chain should celebrate that manager for making a happy team against all odds.
Really?!
No, you should not celebrate that manager. You MUST punish that manager.
Clearly, he or she missed the memo on making your employees miserable. Clearly that manager is going against the carefully thought out plan of mind numbing pointless procedure and air gasping morose.
You must summon that manager to a management meeting and verbally spank that manager in front of their peers.
How else will you demotivate the whole chain.