See the Real Impact of Your Culture — with the Culture Cost Calculator (Premium Content)
Updated: Sep 16
Every leader knows culture matters.
But when budgets are tight and priorities compete, it’s hard to prove its impact, illustrate the need for change, or win support for investment.
That’s why we created the Make It Human Culture Cost Calculator — a simple, research-backed tool that quantifies how your culture is influencing performance today, and the value you could unlock by improving it.
What is it?
A practical tool that translates your culture into clear, credible numbers. By scoring the five elements of the Growth Culture Model (Workplace, Accountability, Community, Empowerment and Growth), you can quantify the direct impact your culture has on:
Productivity
Retention
Innovation
Wellbeing & burnout
The personalised insight converted into annual costs (in the currency you choose) and opportunities to realise financial growth — giving leaders the clarity they need to make informed decisions.
Accompanying the calculator is a concise guide to walk you through how to use the tool, help you interpret the results and turn insights into action.
Why leaders need this
Culture issues are often felt long before they’re measured — in disengagement, inconsistency, slow decisions, conflict, burnout or lost momentum.
This tool helps you:
Quantify the cost of culture challenges
Spot where culture is creating drag
Show the potential gains available from strengthening culture
Build a clear, defensible business case for investment
Win support from finance, senior leaders or your board
Prioritise where to focus to drive greatest impact for your company
In short, it turns assumptions into evidence — and gives you the numbers leaders need to act.
Who's it for?
Ideal for:
Chief People Officers & People Directors
HR and Culture leaders influencing the exec team
CEOs and founders looking for clarity on people performance
Team leaders wanting to improve performance and engagement
OD / transformation professionals prioritising interventions or demonstrating ROI
If you need to explain, justify or accelerate culture work — this tool will help you do it.
Where it’s most useful
Leaders use this calculator to:
Prepare for annual planning or budgeting
Present business cases to senior leadership or the board
Build alignment around culture priorities
Track progress after culture initiatives
Demonstrate the ROI of People & Culture investments
Access now - with Premium Membership
Use the Culture Cost Calculator + Guide to discover:
→ Your current culture cost
→ Your potential future cost (based on a target score)
→ Your opportunity to unlock
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