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I represent Gallup so I won't edit this article directly. I would like to request that the outdated Gallup Press section be updated. Please see below for the requested revision. I added the most recent books with independent third party reviews as sources, shortened the text by removing author's names (readers can find this info in the sources) and removed two red-links that refer to an older and newer version of the Clifton StrenghtsFinder books.

Gallup's in-house publishing division, Gallup Press, has published approximately 30 books on business and personal well-being-related themes.[1] Its most recent titles include It’s the Manager,[2] Wellbeing at Work,[3] and Blind Spot.[4] Other notable Gallup Press books include First, Break All the Rules and StrengthsFinder 2.0, which in 2017 was reported to be one of Amazon's 20 best selling books of all time.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ Dilworth, Dianna (June 9, 2015). "Simon & Schuster to Distribute Gallup Books". Adweek. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  2. ^ Kornik, Joe (July 8, 2019). "Review: It's The Manager". Consulting Magazine. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  3. ^ Hooper, Jacqueline (April 19, 2022). "A Review of "Wellbeing at Work: How to Build Resilient and Thriving Teams"". Journal of Leadership and Character Development. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  4. ^ Wayne, Michael (February 8, 2023). "Gallup CEO Jon Clifton explains the worldwide rise of negativity". CEO Magazine. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  5. ^ "Book Review: StrengthsFinder 2.0". The Economic Times. July 27, 2012. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  6. ^ "The top 20 best-selling books of all time on Amazon include two Christian books (but not the Bible)". Christian Today. August 12, 2017. Retrieved May 1, 2018.

Thanks for your help. Svh3399 (talk) 02:07, 11 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Svh3399: Request completed. STEMinfo (talk) 23:33, 25 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Organization section request

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Hello editors, I'm here as part of my work for Beutler Ink, on behalf of Gallup, Inc. As I've disclosed in the banner at the top of this article and on my Talk page, I have a financial conflict of interest with this article so I will not make direct edits. I'd like to request the following changes to the Organization section and 1984 to present subsection of History:

  • In Organization, replace: "It maintains between 30 and 40 offices globally, including offices at the Gallup Riverfront Campus in Omaha, Nebraska, and has about 2,000 employees.[1][2][3]"
with:
"It maintains between 30 and 40 offices globally[2][4] in locations including London, Berlin, Sydney, Singapore and Abu Dhabi and has approximately 1,500 employees.[5][6]"
  • Reason: this replaces Omaha Nebraska, which is not accurate, with a few current examples and updates the number of employees.
  • References 2, 4, 5 and 6 in the reference list below support these changes.
  • In 1984 to present, Replace: "Four years later, his family sold the firm for an undisclosed price to Selection Research, Incorporated (SRI), a research firm in Omaha, Nebraska.[7][8]"
with:
"Four years later, his family sold the firm for an undisclosed price to Selection Research, Incorporated (SRI), a research firm in Lincoln, Nebraska.[9][7][8]"
  • Reason: accuracy. Lincoln, Nebraska is correct.
  • Source 9 in the references below supports this change.

References

  1. ^ ""Every once in a while, you have to bet everything or you won't keep developing." Jim Clifton, President and CEO, Gallup". Omaha World-Herald. April 9, 2017. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Gallup moving into Edgewood Dec. 22". Lincoln Journal Star. December 14, 2011. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
  3. ^ McGuigan, Christine (June 26, 2017). "The Nebraska Builder Initiative launches this week at Gallup's Riverfront Campus". Silicon Prairie News. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
  4. ^ ""Every once in a while, you have to bet everything or you won't keep developing." Jim Clifton, President and CEO, Gallup". Omaha World-Herald. April 9, 2017. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
  5. ^ Staff reports (14 June 2022). "Gallup names Jon Clifton as CEO". Omaha World-Herald. Archived from the original on 30 March 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  6. ^ "Global Offices". Gallup.com. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  7. ^ a b Zernike, Kate (November 22, 2011). "George Gallup Jr., of Polling Family, Dies at 81". The New York Times. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
  8. ^ a b Boudway, Ira (November 8, 2012). "Right or Wrong, Gallup Always Wins". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on November 12, 2012. Retrieved September 29, 2013.
  9. ^ Purdum, Todd (September 18, 1988). "Nebraska Concern Buys Gallup Organization". The New York Times. Retrieved May 1, 2018.

Thank you for taking a look! Feedback and questions are always welcome. Cheers, BINK Robin (talk) 22:54, 21 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Approved  Spintendo  00:35, 22 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! BINK Robin (talk) 16:02, 22 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Early history additions

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Hello again, I'm back with another request on behalf of Gallup. This time, I have content to suggest to fill in some timeline gaps in the Early history section:

  • Add as the second paragraph to the "Early history" subsection to the "History" section
  • In 1935, George Gallup released his first political opinion poll. As of March 1936, TIME wrote that Gallup polling data was “probably as accurate a sample of public sentiment as is available,” which included presidential approval ratings. TIME credited Gallup with pioneering “scientific” presidential approval ratings.[1]
  • My reason for adding this is to add more valuable information to the timeline of polling history at Gallup
  • Add as the last paragraph to the "Early history" subsection to the "History" section
  • By 1948, Gallup's company established polling organizations in a dozen other countries[2] and Gallup's polls were syndicated in newspapers in the U.S. and abroad.[3] The modern Gallup Organization formed in 1958, when George Gallup grouped all of his polling operations into one organization.[4]
Reason: This will fill in some timeline gaps on Gallup's expansion.
Sources: Verified by sources in the reflist below

References

  1. ^ Waxman, Olivia (24 January 2019). "The History of Presidential Approval Ratings". Time. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  2. ^ Rothman, Lily (November 17, 2016). "How One Man Used Opinion Polling to Change American Politics". Time. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
  3. ^ Clymer, Adam (July 28, 1984). "An appreciation; the man who made polling what it is". The New York Times. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
  4. ^ "The Gallup Organization Archived 2020-07-31 at the Wayback Machine." Boundless Political Science. Boundless, November 14, 2014.

Feedback and comments are always welcome. Let me know what you think! Cheers, BINK Robin (talk) 23:09, 28 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

My reason for adding this is to add more valuable information to the timeline of polling history at Mayo Clinic I think you may have mixed the two articles up here. As far as your suggestion In 1935, George Gallup released his first political opinion poll. As of March 1936, TIME wrote that Gallup polling data was “probably as accurate a sample of public sentiment as is available,” which included presidential approval ratings. TIME credited Gallup with pioneering “scientific” presidential approval ratings. I think the last sentence is redundant, and simply placing the first two is sufficient. As for the second proposal By 1948, Gallup's company established polling organizations in a dozen other countries and Gallup's polls were syndicated in newspapers in the U.S. and abroad. The modern Gallup Organization formed in 1958, when George Gallup grouped all of his polling operations into one organization. Perhaps the context is made clearer in a previous passage of text that wasn't included here, but it's not clear what the difference is between what you're calling "Gallup's company" and "the modern Gallup". Please advise. Regards,  Spintendo  04:22, 29 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Revised Early history request

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@Spintendo: Your recommendation makes sense to me. Here's an updated request:

  • Add as the second paragraph to the "Early history" subsection to the "History" section the following:
  • In 1935, George Gallup released his first political opinion poll. As of March 1936, TIME wrote that Gallup polling data was “probably as accurate a sample of public sentiment as is available,” which included presidential approval ratings.[1]
  • Reason: Add additional information to the timeline of early polling history at Gallup
  • Source: see reflist below

References

  1. ^ Waxman, Olivia (24 January 2019). "The History of Presidential Approval Ratings". Time. Retrieved 2 November 2023.

Thanks for looking! Cheers, BINK Robin (talk) 21:48, 29 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Approved  Spintendo  03:55, 30 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! BINK Robin (talk) 16:53, 30 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

History changes

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Hello again. Robin from Beutler Ink here, posting another edit request on behalf of Gallup, Inc. @Lewcm: thanks again for the help over on CliftonStrengths, here are the requests I mentioned, if you're interested in continuing to work on cleaning up these articles.

This time, I would like to propose the following changes to the "Since George Gallup's death" subsection:

  • Rename the subsection from "Since George Gallup's death" to "1984 to present"
  • Reason: I think this change will give the article a more encyclopedic tone and make it easier to navigate
  • Delete: "While the Gallup Poll generates relatively smaller portion of revenue for the company, it helps the company maintain visibility."
  • Reason: The writing here is in present tense, which does not fit in the History section. This content is also covered again in Services.
  • Delete: "Acquiring the Gallup name gave SRI more credibility and higher response rates."
  • Reason: The source article from the New York Times does not specifically support this claim. Here is a link to the article in case it's helpful to reviewing editors.
  • Change "Gallup Editor-in-Chief Frank Newport told The Washington Post said Gallup felt polling the public on issues was a better use of resources." to "Frank Newport, then Gallup Editor-in-Chief, told The Washington Post Gallup felt polling the public on issues was a better use of resources."
  • Reason: This change is to reflect that Frank Newport is no longer Editor-in-Chief but was at the time he spoke with The Washington Post and removes an unnecessary instance of "said".

That's all for now. Please let me know what you think. Cheers! BINK Robin (talk) 22:32, 6 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Checked & done all except slightly changed "1984 to present" to "1984-present" as it's more standard across articles on the site (See Nestlé and Apple Inc for example). Thanks :) Lewcm Talk to me! 23:18, 6 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Wonderful, thank you! Your changes makes sense to me. I'll post another chunk of requests soon. If you'd like to see all the requests I'm planning to make, I have another User space draft with this diff showing them. Cheers! BINK Robin (talk) 23:25, 6 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

History change pt. 2

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Hello, I have another request for the History section. This time in 1984-present:

  • Replace "In the 1990s, Gallup developed a set of 12 questions it called Q12 (also known as 12: The Elements of Great Managing) to help businesses gauge employee engagement,[1] it entered partnerships to conduct polls for USA Today and CNN,[2] and launched its Clifton StrengthsFinder online assessment tool.[3]

With

  • "In the 1990s, Gallup developed a set of 12 questions it called Q12 to help businesses gauge employee engagement,[4] it entered partnerships to conduct polls for USA Today and CNN,[2] and launched its Clifton StrengthsFinder online assessment tool.[3]
  • Reasons:
  • Changes "it Q12" to "the Q12" for grammar purposes.
  • The Simon Caulkin ref in the live article is no longer available, this replaces it with a Washington Post article. I've also removed "(also known as 12: The Elements of Great Managing)", which seemed unnecessary and is not verified in my replacement for the Caulkin source.

References

  1. ^ Caulkin, Simon (April 19, 1998). "How that pat on the head can mean money in the bank". The Guardian. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
  2. ^ a b Blake, Aaron (January 18, 2013). "Gallup and USA Today part ways". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
  3. ^ a b Pierson, Richard (June 5, 2015). "Cliftons, Gallup give $30 million to UNL". Lincoln Journal Star. Lincoln, Nebraska. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
  4. ^ Joyce, Amy (9 May 2004). "A Workplace Without Friends Is an Enemy". Washington Post. Retrieved 5 December 2023.

@Lewcm: tagging you here in case you're available to review another of my requests.

Let me know what you think, I'm happy to hear any questions or feedback. Cheers, BINK Robin (talk) 22:40, 14 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Completed as requested. Thanks, Lewcm Talk to me! 07:13, 15 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks so much! BINK Robin (talk) 16:09, 18 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Photo & Services changes

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Hello, Robin from Beutler Ink here again to make another edit request on behalf of Gallup, Inc. Lewcm since you reviewed the last request, I thought you might want to check this one out too.

  • First, would editors be willing to replace the current photo in the Infobox with this photo, which shows a better view of the building? I think it is an improvement of what's in the Infobox at this time.

I also suggest the following changes to the Services section:

  • Move this entire section above the "Gallup Poll" section
  • Reason: This section has some more general operational information about Gallup that I think could be helpful to readers earlier in the article.
  • Change the sentence, "Gallup is known for its Gallup Poll, but the bulk of the firm's business and revenue is derived from its other research and management consulting services, which include an employee engagement survey called Q12, and a personality assessment called CliftonStrengths." to "In addition to its Gallup Poll, which contributes a small proportion of the company's revenue, Gallup offers research and management consulting services, including the Q12 employee engagement survey, and CliftonStrengths."
  • Reason: I think this is a cleaner and more streamlined summary. No changes to the sourcing here.
  • Change the sentence "CliftonStrengths, formerly called StrengthsFinder, is an online talent assessment tool that focuses on 34 themes that make up the user's personality; Gallup uses the tool as part of its consulting" to "CliftonStrengths (also known as StrengthsFinder) is an assessment that uses paired statements to measure a person's aptitudes in 34 strength categories, and produces a report outlining their top five strength areas and how to apply them.[1][2]"
  • Reason: This brings the summary in this article more in line with how it's described in the CliftonStrengths article.

References

  1. ^ Feintzeig, Rachel (February 10, 2015). "Everything Is Awesome! Why You Can't Tell Employees They're Doing a Bad Job". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
  2. ^ Adams, Susan (August 28, 2009). "The Test That Measures A Leader's Strengths". Forbes. Retrieved June 12, 2018.

Happy to hear feedback and answer any questions. Cheers! BINK Robin (talk) 23:37, 18 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Lewcm Talk to me! 11:25, 21 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks so much! BINK Robin (talk) 16:27, 26 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Request to add poll graphic

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Hello,

I'm here with another request on behalf of Gallup, Inc. Because of my COI, I will not directly edit this page.

  • Would editors agree to add an image of one of Gallup's public opinion polls to the article? Gallup has donated the graphic File:Employee Engagement, by Global Region.png to Wikimedia Commons, and I think that would be a useful example for readers. If editors agree, I'd suggest adding it to the Gallup World Poll section.

Lewcm flagging this for you since you've reviewed my previous requests.

Let me know if you have any questions. Cheers! BINK Robin (talk) 18:03, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Lewcm Talk to me! 09:16, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks so much, Lewcm. Not sure if you saw, but I also posted a set of requests above. Would love to hear your thoughts if you have time. Cheers! BINK Robin (talk) 17:09, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
 Comment: For consistency, kindly place new requests at the bottom of the talk page under a new level 2 heading. Regards,  Spintendo  17:38, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Additional Changes

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Hello, Robin from Beutler Ink here to make another set of requests on behalf of Gallup, Inc. @Lewcm: Tagging you here since you've been reviewing these requests. I've got changes for a few sections here, so I've organized them into collapsible boxes, which I hope helps make it easier to review.

Introduction

I have a few small suggestions to improve the Introduction:

  • Change: "Gallup, Inc. is an American analytics and advisory company" to "Gallup, Inc. is an American multinational analytics and advisory company"
  • Reason: Clarifies where the company operates
  • Change "Starting in the 1980s, Gallup transitioned its business to focus on providing analytics and management consulting to organizations globally." to "Gallup provides analytics and management consulting to organizations globally."
  • Reason: Removes some details that seem unnecessary for the introduction, and are covered in the article body.
  • Change "In addition to its analytics, management consulting, and Gallup Poll, the company also offers educational consulting, the CliftonStrengths assessment and associated products, and business and management books published by its Gallup Press unit." to "In addition the company offers educational consulting, the CliftonStrengths assessment and associated products, and business and management books published by its Gallup Press unit.
  • Reason: Removes some details that seem unnecessary for the introduction, and are covered in the article body.
Gallup World Poll

I have some further suggestions for this article, specifically to the Gallup Poll section

  • Add as the last sentence to the Gallup World Poll subsection: "Gallup additionally publishes other studies and results such as its State of the Global Workplace report, Global Emotions report and Rating World Leaders report.[1][2][3]"
  • Reason: Adds additional context about the types of studies and polls Gallup conducts.
  • Change: "Gallup Daily tracking methodology relies on live interviewers, dual-frame random-digit-dial sampling (which includes landline as well as cellular telephone phone sampling to reach those in cell phone-only households), and uses a multi-call design to reach respondents not contacted on the initial attempt." to "Gallup Daily tracking methodology relied on live interviewers, dual-frame random-digit-dial sampling (which includes landline as well as cellular telephone phone sampling to reach those in cell phone-only households), and uses a multi-call design to reach respondents not contacted on the initial attempt. In 2018, Gallup stopped its daily reporting.[4]"
  • Reason: Adds clarity that Gallup ended its daily reporting, including putting this in past tense.
  • Under the "Gallup Daily tracking methodology" subsection, change "is made up of" to "had" in the very first sentence
  • Reason: Change to past tense since daily reporting ended.

References

  1. ^ Valinsky, Jordan (13 June 2023). "Workers are historically stressed out and disengaged | CNN Business". CNN. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  2. ^ Rozzelle, Josephine (28 June 2023). "Global Unhappiness Levels in 2022 Match All-Time High, Report Finds". US News and World Report. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  3. ^ Davis, Elliott (27 July 2020). "U.S. Ranks Low in Gallup World Leadership Report". US News and World Report. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  4. ^ Agiesta, Chris Cillizza,Jennifer (4 January 2018). "Is polling dead (or dying)?". CNN. Retrieved 2 November 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Accuracy

Here are my suggested changes for the "Accuracy" section. Specifically, in the "History" section there are some details about the accuracy of 2012 presidential election polling that I think would be best moved to the Accuracy section, where this is already discussed and fits better:

  • Delete from the following from History: In 2012, Gallup incorrectly predicted that Mitt Romney would win the 2012 U.S. presidential election.[1] Following the results of the election, Gallup spent six months reviewing its methodology.[1] The company concluded that its methodology was flawed as it made too few phone calls in Eastern and Pacific time zones, overestimated the white vote, and relied on listed landline phones that skewed the sample to an older demographic.[1]
  • Add to Accuracy: Gallup incorrectly predicted that Mitt Romney would win the 2012 U.S. presidential election.[1]
  • This should be placed as the first sentence to the paragraph that starts with "In 2012, Gallup's final election survey had Mitt Romney at 49%..."
  • Add "Following the results of the election, Gallup spent six months reviewing its methodology.[1] The company concluded that its methodology was flawed as it made too few phone calls in Eastern and Pacific time zones, overestimated the white vote, and relied on listed landline phones that skewed the sample to an older demographic.[1]" directly before the sentence that begins with "Frank Newport, the editor-in-chief of Gallup, responded to the criticism by stating…"
  • Reason: I think this will improve the article overall by placing information that covers the same topic together, making it easier to understand.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Moore, Martha T. (June 4, 2013). "Gallup identifies flaws in 2012 election polls". USA Today. Retrieved May 1, 2018.

Thank you for reviewing! Happy to hear any feedback or thoughts. Cheers, BINK Robin (talk) 18:05, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @BINK Robin, sorry for taking so long to get back to you - I'm happy to take a look but won't get round to it until tomorrow evening unfortunately due to university. I'll leave the request open incase anyone else is able to review. Thanks, Encoded Talk to me! (Lewcm) 23:25, 8 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
 Working Encoded Talk to me! 12:57, 9 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
 Done Please let me know if I've missed anything, thanks for the boxes it does make it easier to review. Thanks, Encoded Talk to me! 13:05, 9 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! The changes look great BINK Robin (talk) 16:20, 9 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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