Recommended rollout plan for Viva Glint feedback programs

You want every person (role) in your organization to understand why you've partnered with Microsoft Viva Glint. To share the importance of the programs, customize our templates. They're divided into three timeframes to coincide with the survey journey:

Use these tables to build a rollout plan for your Viva Glint programs.

Note

The following plans assume a six-week launch, which may be longer than the timeline you anticipate. If your timeline is shorter, compress or thin the communications to align appropriately.

Presurvey rollout plan

Timing before survey start Message to your organization Key activities Owner Communication template links
6 weeks prior
  • Establish program overview
  • Define roles and responsibilities
  • Review best practices and develop rollout plan with HR and communications team
  • Schedule company-level results reviews
  • Schedule business until results review
Project team, HR Prelaunch email templates
5 weeks prior
  • Vision and strategy planning
  • Inform about resources
  • Discuss importance of customizing program
  • Develop communications plan and messaging
  • Customize platform messages
  • Finalize rollout plan
  • Prepare Vision and Strategy materials
Project team Prelaunch email templates
4 weeks prior
  • Provide engagement program overview and relationship to business success using Viva Glint
  • Provide role expectations and timing, HR and manager resources, and training signups
  • Customize results rollout plan
  • Sign up for platform training
HR Exec, HRBPs HRBP prep email templates
3 weeks prior
  • Continue leadership communications and training signups
  • Refine plan to share company-wide results with execs
  • Support HRBPs for rollout planning
  • Finalize rollout planning
  • Prepare execs to champion Viva Glint program
HR Exec, Project team, HRBPs Leadership prep email templates
2 weeks prior
  • Send communications for HRBPs training
  • Reinforce role expectations and timing
  • Send communications for manager resources and training signup
  • Ensure platform trainings and resources are being used
  • If customer communications are being used, prepare to send and host them on the intranet
  • Distribute printer flyers, if using
Project team, HRBPs HRBP prep email templates
1 week prior
  • Emphasize manager communications
  • Encourage manager training signup
  • Prepare to report on response rates
Project team, HRBPs Prelaunch email templates
1 day prior
  • Final all-organization communication
  • Build excitement!
CEO/Senior Exec Prelaunch email templates

## Live survey window rollout plan
Survey timing Message to your organization Key activities Owner Communication template links
Live survey
  • Survey invite and reminders sent from platform
  • Identify themes
  • Ensure results review trainings complete
Project team, HRBPs Senior leadership participation email templates

Post-survey close rollout plan

Timing after survey closes Message to your organization Key activities Owner Communication template links
1 day after close
  • Company-wide thank you emails, response timing emails, and next steps information
  • Release results to leaders with phased access
  • Platform review
HRBPs Company-wide survey close email templates
1-2 days after close
  • Senior leader/managers results available communications
  • Next steps communications
  • Share results with execs
  • Discuss focus areas and begin to formulate feedback action plan
  • Review results in platform using guides and training
Project team, Senior leaders, HRBPs, managers Senior leader and manager email templates
3-4 days after close
  • Company-wide result communications
  • Encourage employee involvement in action planning and shared accountability
  • Finalize company-wide focus areas
  • Encourage opportunities for change
All level employees Company-wide email template
5-7 days after close
  • Manager communications
  • Share results with execs
  • Support company-wide action plan ownership with ideas, resources, and communication plans
  • Share best practices
  • Support manager on feedback sessions and communicating action plans
  • Role model best practices, discuss action plans and progress at staff meetings and maintain accountability
  • Use tools and resources to create action plans
  • Maintain supportive contact with managers
Project team, Senior leaders, HRBPs, Managers Manager results email templates
3-12 weeks after close
  • HRBP communications
  • Use tools and resources to take action
  • Update action progress in Viva Glint platform
  • Support company-wide initiatives
Project team, Managers HRBP email template
4-8 weeks after close
  • HRBP communications
  • Use tools and resources to take action
  • Update action progress in Viva Glint platform
  • Support company-wide initiatives
Project team, Managers HRBP email template
10 weeks after close
  • HRBP communications
  • Use tools and resources to take action
  • Update action progress in Viva Glint platform
  • Support company-wide initiatives
Project team, Managers HRBP email template