The Comparison To Previous Survey Report compares your company to its latest survey result. Please note that if this is your first survey, you will not receive this report.
If you need help with understanding any of the columns, 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 column:
What scores are we proud of?
What scores do we need to improve?
Variance 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
The Difference column compares your Score from this survey to your most recent previous survey. If your Score is better than the previous survey, the number will be positive, and if worse, the number will be negative.
Where are we significantly above average that we are proud of?
Where are we significantly below average that we need to improve?
Column Definitions
Current Survey
Score: The Score 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: The Variance 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
Prior Survey (description will vary depending on when you took the survey last)
Score Average: The Score is the calculated average of all of the scores from the people on your team from your last survey.
Variance Average: The Variance shows the degree of alignment or misalignment of everyone who took this survey the last time. 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 Difference column subtracts the survey’s Score from your Previous Score. It shows the gap between the average opinion of our team against the average of the staff members on your team who took the last survey. This shows how the opinions of your team have changed since the last time you took the survey.
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 points above average
Light Green - between 2.0 and 4.0 points above average
Yellow - between -2.0 and -4.0 points below average
Red - 4 or more points below average
Report Order / Subtotals
This report is grouped 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.