Understand your employee experience.
Strengthen your workplace capability.
The EMA is proud to be the Foundation Partner
of Best Places to Work™
The EMA is the Foundation Partner of Best Places to Work™. Together, we provide EMA Members with a structured pathway to assess employee experience, gain clarity, and turn understanding into practical action, with support at every stage.
The EMA and BPTW™ work alongside employers navigating growth, change, and increasing workforce complexity. Sustainable performance is not driven by strategy alone. It is shaped by how leadership is experienced, how clearly direction is understood, and how confidently teams can deliver. For many organisations, gaining clear visibility into the employee experience is the first step toward strengthening culture, capability, and performance.
Exclusive EMA offer
As the Foundation Partner of BPTW™, EMA Members can access the BPTW™ Employee Experience Surveys at an exclusive 15% discounted rate. Use code EMA2026 at checkout.
Whether you’re looking for an immediate organisational check-in or comprehensive national benchmarking, there are pathways that are designed to meet you where you are.
With EMA and BPTW™ support at every stage, you won’t be navigating this alone.
So, don’t miss out and join the employers who are committed to continuously improving the employee experience.
A practical pathway to stronger workplace performance
Overview
Step One: Assess
- BPTW™ Employee Experience Surveys are confidential and measure your employee experience against nine drivers of engagement, trust, and performance.
- Pinpoints what’s working and where friction limits performance – so you can act fast.
Step Two: Interpret and Act
- Complimentary 45-minute survey review session to interpret results.
- Prioritise next steps and turn data into action.
- Focus on building more resilient, high-performing workplaces.
BPTW™ Benchmark Survey
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The BPTW™ Benchmark Survey is a structured workforce needs assessment and national benchmark. It gives leaders clear visibility into how the workplace is being experienced across the organisation.
BPTW™ Benchmark Survey provides insight into: - Leadership trust and confidence
- Communication effectiveness and alignment across teams
- Workplace culture and environment
- Wellbeing pressure points and engagement risk
- Performance confidence and innovation readiness
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Includes complimentary 45-minute survey review session with EMA
BPTW™ Survey also provides: - Year-on-year progress tracking
- National benchmarking against other New Zealand organisations
- A clear improvement roadmap
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Eligibility to enter the Best Places to Work™ Awards
The Benchmark Survey runs until 31 July 2026.
Use code EMA2026 at checkout for 15% off.
BPTW™ Pulse Survey
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The BPTW™ Pulse Survey is a customisable, confidential workforce check-in that allows you to stay connected to employee sentiment, and monitor the impacts of change on employee experience over time. The survey is designed to help you understand how employees are experiencing work, and identify where support is needed now.
The BPTW™ Pulse Survey helps you to:
- Take the temperature across trust, culture, leadership and wellbeing
- Identify early risks such as engagement strain or change fatigue
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Creates an immediate pathway into EMA support and practical next steps
The BPTW™ Pulse Survey also provides:
- Up to 3 customisable questions to align the survey with current initiatives, priorities, and goals
- The opportunity to use your organisation’s branding
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Optional entry into the Best Places to Work™ Awards
The Pulse Survey runs until 28 August 2026.
Use code EMA2026 at checkout for 15% off.
Benefits of the BPTW™ Annual and Pulse Surveys
Strategic insights to lead with confidence
Real-time data helps leaders make smarter, faster decisions.
Employee experience insights
Stay ahead with timely, actionable insights that support ongoing improvement.
Benchmarking that drives progress
See how you compare nationally and within your size category through the trusted BPTW™ Benchmark Survey.
Flexible, future-focused support
The integrated approach combines measurement and capability-building in one streamlined experience.
Frequently asked questions
You’ll receive a BPTW™ Survey resource pack that includes everything you need: your survey link, step-by-step instructions, comms and email templates to communicate with your people about the survey, and marketing materials such as a participant badge, social media graphics and content.
It takes between 8-10 minutes to complete.
You’ll get access to your live dashboard within 5 working days after you start the survey. This is to ensure enough data has been captured to maintain confidentiality in the responses.
Once you start your survey the link will be open for 21 days – however we recommend giving your team 14 days to complete the survey as this focus typically gives a higher participation rate. If you do need more time, just ask us.
Only you will have access to your own organisation’s results. BPTW™ uses the data only in aggregate form to create benchmarks, insights and reports.
The survey is confidential, and you only see aggregated data. BPTW™ uses the data only in aggregate form to create benchmarks, insights and reports.
The BPTW™ Benchmark Survey is for New Zealand-based employees only. However, you can extend the BPTW™ Pulse Surveys to your global team.
The BPTW™ Benchmark Survey is designed for organisations that want independent insight, national benchmarking, and practical guidance to strengthen workplace performance over time.
The BPTW™ Pulse Surveys are for organisations that want to check in regularly with their people, track the impact of initiatives, and gather timely feedback on emerging priorities. BPTW™ Pulse Surveys can be customised with organisation-specific questions and branding, providing a flexible way to gather insights that matter most to your organisation.
The BPTW™ Benchmark Survey is designed to help you understand how your employee experience compares and where to focus improvement.
It will provide you with:
- A comprehensive employee experience survey report and results dashboard
- A complimentary 45-minute insights review to help interpret findings and identify priorities
- A benchmark report comparing your aggregated results with organisations of a similar size across New Zealand
The BPTW™ Pulse Surveys are designed to help you measure progress, track the impact of initiatives, and stay connected to employee sentiment throughout the year.
It will provide you with:
- A comprehensive employee experience survey report and results dashboard
- Customisable questions aligned to your organisation’s priorities, initiatives, or goals
- The option to customise the survey with your organisation’s branding
- The flexibility to survey the entire organisation or selected teams, departments, or employee groups