Culture Pulse: 12 Questions to Check If Your Values Show Up at Work

Your values are on the wall. Are they in the work? Culture Pulse is a 12-question team check-in that shows you where your stated values and daily behavior match, and where they do not. Then it helps you pick ONE thing to change.

Who it is for

• Managers and team leads who want a quick, honest read on their team
• Small business owners and HR leads with no survey tool or budget
• Anyone who has a survey result and no plan for what to do with it

What is inside

• 12 plain statements in four groups: Clarity, Behavior, Reward and consequence, Voice and trust (1 to 5 scale, plus 2 short written questions)
• A printable, anonymous respondent form that takes about 5 minutes
• Anonymity setup tips, including a minimum group size so no one can be singled out
• A results guide with percent favorable, working bands and common patterns
• An Excel tally sheet. Type in the scores and the results table, group averages and bar chart fill in by themselves
• A 30-minute debrief agenda and an action card for ONE behavior, one owner and one date
• A worked example with a fictional 14-person team

The problem it solves

Culture is the pattern of how people actually behave, what gets rewarded and what gets ignored. Values are what you say. This pulse checks the gap between the two, in plain language, in under a week.

Why this one

It is short, it needs no survey software, and it ends with a decision instead of a report. The spreadsheet does the math and the chart.

Important notice: Template and reference. Not legal advice. Prepared by McKinley Malbrough III, J.D., who is not a licensed attorney. This is a simple team check-in, not a validated survey, and it has no national norms. The 80 and 60 percent bands are working judgment. Check the rules where you work. No result is promised. Refunds are available within 14 days.

These are general HR tools, not legal advice. For a situation with legal stakes, talk with an employment attorney.