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Workplace AI Coaching: Adoption & Impact Survey

Measures employee adoption rates, perceived impact, barriers, and enablers of AI coaching tools for writing, communication, and meetings. Designed for HR and L&D teams evaluating AI coaching ROI and rollout strategy.

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24 questions · ~11 min
Q01
Message

Welcome to this survey on AI coaching tools in the workplace. We're interested in your honest experiences and opinions about AI-powered tools that assist with writing, communication, and meetings. There are no right or wrong answers — we want to hear your perspective. Your responses are confidential and will be reported in aggregate only. Participation is voluntary, and you may stop at any time. This survey takes approximately 11 minutes to complete.

Q02
Multiple Choice

In the past 4 weeks, have you used any AI-powered tools that assist with writing, communication, or meetings at work (e.g., grammar assistants, tone analyzers, meeting summarizers)?

  • Yes
  • No
Q03
Dropdown

In the past 4 weeks, how often did you use AI coaching tools at work?

  • Daily
  • A few times per week
  • About once per week
  • Less than weekly
Q04
Opinion Scale

How open are you to trying an AI coaching tool for work writing or meetings in the next 3 months?

Scale: 17
Min:Not at all openMax:Extremely open
Q05
Opinion Scale

How valuable do you think AI coaching for writing, communication, and meetings would be for your work over the next 3 months?

Scale: 17
Min:Not at all valuableMax:Extremely valuable
Q06
Multiple Choice

What concerns, if any, do you have about using AI coaching at work? Select all that apply.

  • Data privacy or confidentiality
  • Inaccurate or made-up content
  • Compliance or legal risk
  • Loss of personal voice or authenticity
  • Bias or fairness issues
  • Extra time to review outputs
  • Tool reliability or stability
  • Team or manager acceptance
  • Cost or licensing
  • None of the above
  • Other (please specify)
Q07
AI Interview

Based on your responses in this survey, please share any additional thoughts or experiences about AI coaching tools at work.

Q08
Dropdown

What is your primary job function?

  • Engineering or IT
  • Product or Design
  • Data or Analytics
  • Sales
  • Marketing or Communications
  • Customer Support or Success
  • Operations or Finance
  • HR or People
  • Legal or Compliance
  • Other/Multiple
Q09
Message

Thank you for completing this survey. Your responses are confidential and will help shape our approach to AI coaching tools in the workplace. We appreciate your time.

Q10
Multiple Choice

Which of the following AI coaching uses have you tried at work in the past 4 weeks? Select all that apply.

  • Drafting emails or chats
  • Revising tone or clarity
  • Summarizing meeting notes
  • Generating meeting agendas or prompts
  • Creating presentation outlines
  • Practicing speaking or delivery feedback
  • Extracting or suggesting action items
  • Other (please specify)
Q11
Opinion Scale

How likely are you to recommend AI coaching tools to a colleague?

Scale: 17
Min:Not at all likelyMax:Extremely likely
Q12
Multiple Choice

Which best describes your team's current guidance on using AI tools at work?

  • Clear written policy
  • Some informal guidance
  • No guidance
  • Not sure
Q13
Dropdown

What is your role level?

  • Individual contributor
  • People manager
  • Director
  • Executive
Q14
Opinion Scale

Compared to not using AI coaching, how has it affected the quality of your written communication (emails, chats, documents)?

Scale: 17
Min:Much worseMax:Much better
Q15
Ranking

Rank the following outcomes from most to least valuable to you personally.

  1. Save time on writing
  2. Improve clarity and tone
  3. Fewer or shorter meetings
  4. Better follow-through and action items
  5. Stronger presentation delivery
Drag to rank
Q16
Multiple Choice

Which of the following would help you get more value from AI coaching tools at work? Select all that apply.

  • Clear use-case examples or templates
  • Hands-on training, workshops, or office hours
  • Built into tools I already use (email, docs, meetings)
  • Privacy and data security guidance
  • Manager endorsement or team norms
  • Access to approved, vetted tools
  • Success stories or recommendations from colleagues
  • No additional cost to me or my team
  • None of the above
  • Other (please specify)
Q17
Dropdown

Approximately how many people are in your immediate team?

  • 1–5
  • 6–10
  • 11–25
  • 26–50
  • 51+
Q18
Opinion Scale

Compared to not using AI coaching, how has it affected the clarity of your verbal or presentation communication?

Scale: 17
Min:Much worseMax:Much better
Q19
Dropdown

How long have you worked at your current company?

  • Less than 6 months
  • 6–12 months
  • 1–2 years
  • 3–5 years
  • More than 5 years
Q20
Opinion Scale

Compared to not using AI coaching, how has it affected the efficiency of your meetings?

Scale: 17
Min:Much worseMax:Much better
Q21
Dropdown

Where do you primarily work?

  • On-site
  • Hybrid
  • Remote
Q22
Opinion Scale

Compared to not using AI coaching, how has it affected the amount of time you spend on writing and communication tasks?

Scale: 17
Min:Much more timeMax:Much less time
Q23
Dropdown

What region do you primarily work in?

  • North America
  • Latin America
  • Europe
  • Middle East or Africa
  • Asia
  • Oceania
Q24
Opinion Scale

Compared to not using AI coaching, how has it affected your confidence in the quality of your work output?

Scale: 17
Min:Much less confidentMax:Much more confident

What’s included

  • AI follow-ups

    Adaptive probes on open-ended answers that pull out detail a static form would miss.

  • Attention checks

    Built-in safeguards against rushed answers and low-quality respondents.

  • AI-drafted copy

    Wording, ordering, and branching written by the AI — tuned to your research goal.

  • Auto report

    Themes, quotes, and a plain-English summary write themselves once responses come in.

How it compares

We reviewed the closest templates from other survey tools. Here’s what they do well — and where this template goes further.

Why this template

  • Pairs a full quantitative battery (usage frequency, tool types tried, opinion-scale impact ratings on writing quality, verbal clarity, meeting efficiency, time spent, and confidence) with an adaptive AI follow-up interview that probes each respondent's own open-ended thoughts.
  • Captures ranked personal priorities, multi-select concerns/barriers, and current team guidance/policy alongside what would help drive more value — giving HR and L&D a rollout and ROI picture in one instrument, not just satisfaction data.
  • Includes segmentation dropdowns (job function, role level, team size, tenure, work location, region) so adoption and impact patterns can be cross-cut by workforce segment.
  • Closes with an AI-generated follow-up interview and auto-generated report, turning open-ended responses into structured insight without manual coding — something none of the static form competitors offer.

Jotform

Employee Coaching Form Template

This is a static, fielding-ready form for documenting human manager-to-employee coaching sessions (goals, feedback, action items) — it does not address AI coaching tool adoption, usage frequency, or perceived impact at all. It shares the word 'coaching' with our template but serves a different use case: performance/skill coaching documentation rather than AI-tool ROI research.

What it does well

  • Easy drag-and-drop customization typical of Jotform's builder
  • Broad integration ecosystem (storage, notifications, workflows)
  • Free tier available for basic use

Where it falls short

  • Static question set with no adaptive follow-up probing
  • Not designed to measure AI tool usage, barriers/enablers, or ROI
  • No automated per-response quality scoring or AI-generated reporting

SurveySparrow

Employee Coaching Form Template

SurveySparrow's template is a conversational, chat-style form built for structuring one-on-one coaching conversations, not a research survey on AI coaching tool adoption or impact. It's a reasonable general employee-development template but has no content around AI usage, barriers, or perceived value.

What it does well

  • Conversational one-question-at-a-time UI
  • Positioned for recurring manager check-ins
  • Simple to deploy for teams already on SurveySparrow

Where it falls short

  • No adaptive AI follow-up questioning
  • Not built to capture AI tool usage patterns or barriers/enablers
  • No voice AI interview option or automated ROI-focused reporting

Typeform

Employee Coaching Form Template

Typeform's version is a polished, single-purpose form for capturing coaching plans and feedback between manager and employee, not an instrument for measuring AI coaching tool adoption. It benefits from Typeform's well-known conversational design but contains nothing on AI tool usage, impact, or organizational policy.

What it does well

  • Highly polished conversational UI and design customization
  • Generally strong completion rates due to Typeform's UX
  • Straightforward to adapt for basic employee-development use cases

Where it falls short

  • Purely static question flow with no adaptive probing
  • No built-in scoring or analysis for AI-adoption metrics
  • No guided screen-share tasks or voice AI interview capability

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