Variance – The Variance columns on the report measures the alignment on the opinions of your team.  The lower the variance, the more like-minded people’s answers were on that statement.  Conversely, the higher the variance, the more disagreement the responders have on the statement.  This works similar to a standard deviation if you have some experience with statistics. 

Example – let’s say you have 20 people on your team, and you have a statement with a score of 2.0.   This means that on average, the group feels that they slightly agree with the statement.  However, you don’t know from the score alone how much consensus or mis-alignment exists in the opinions of the responders.  Did everyone give say that they slightly agreed, or did half the group strongly agree and half the group moderately disagree?  Mathematically, both examples create a score of a 2.0, but they are very different situations from the standpoint of the alignment of your team.