Summary Report

The Summary Report compares your company to all the companies who have participated in the survey over the last several years.

If you need help with understanding any of the column, you’ll find definitions further down this page.

HOW DO I USE THIS REPORT?

When evaluating any of these reports, take a deep breath and get yourself in a frame of mind that will allow you to listen and learn. If you find yourself getting emotional, stop, take a break, and come back to the report later. Try to find the truth of what your team is saying, and try to decide what you might be able to do to improve things. There are several key aspects to this report and some good questions to ask yourself or your team:

Look down the two columns under ‘Our Company’ .
- Score Average column:
  - What scores are we proud of?
  - What scores do we need to improve?
- Variance Average column - use the colors to guide your eye:
  - Where do we have good alignment?
  - What statements indicate that we don’t agree, and what conversations do we need to have to improve?
In the Difference column on the far right - use the colors to guide your eye :
- Where are we significantly above average that we are proud of?
- Where are we significantly below average that we need to improve?

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COLUMN DEFINITIONS:

Our Company

Score Average: The Score Average is the calculated average of all of the scores from the people on our team. The higher the number, the more people agreed with the statement. Average scores can range from a -10 (everyone strongly disagrees) to a 10 (everyone strongly agrees).
Variance Average: The Variance Average shows the degree of alignment or misalignment on your team for each statement. The key thing to know is that the lower the number, the more aligned your team is on the statement. The higher the number, the more disagreement there is about the statement.
- The color coding in this column is designed to draw your attention to statements that had both stong agreement and strong disagreement as follows:
  - Dark Green - average of 1.0 or below - almost perfect alignment
  - Light Green - average of between 1.0 and 2.0
  - Yellow - average of between 5.0 and 7.0
  - Red - average above 7.0

All Companies

Score Average: The Score Average is the calculated average of all of the scores from the peopl on our team.
Variance Average: The Variance Average shows the degree of alignment or misalignment of everyone who has taken this survey for the past several years. Because it’s a bigger population, the Variance Average is usually bigger than the Variance Average for one team alone. The key thing to know is that the lower the number, the more aligned people who have taken this survey are with the statement. The higher the number, the more disagreement there is about the statement.

Difference

The Differnce column subtracts Our Company Score Average from All Companies Score Average. It shows the delta between the average opinion of our team against the average of all other teams that have taken the survey. This shows how the opinions of your team differ from the opinions of many other teams who have taken this survey. This will show where your team is better, worse, or about the same as other companies.

The Color coding in this column is designed to draw your attention to statements that had both significantly better and significantly worse than the All Company average as follows:

Dark Green - 4 or more above average
Light Green - between 2.0 and 4.0 points above average
Yellow - between -2.0 and -4.0 points below average
Red - average below -4.0 points

REPORT ORDER / SUBTOTALS

This report is groups into 3 sections with subtotals for each section:

Opinions About My Role/Job
Opinions About My Manager
Opinions About Our Company

There is also a total at the end of the report which calculates the overall sentiment of your team. The subtotals serve to give an aggregate score, but the most useful conversation comes from the individual statements themselves.