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Impact Calculator
The next normal in HR decision-making is predicting business impact – it will be the new gold standard.
There is a big difference between “What HR thinks it needs” and “What HR really needs”
Picture yourself at the table with management discussing business impact of people management and instantly turning it into your own numbers – making every decision fact-based, transparent, and with a price tag. Our Impact Calculator has already been a game changer for many in HR.
HR leaders know where their problems are. The challenge is proving what those problems cost and which ones to fix first.
The Impact Calculator does two things. First, it lets you simulate scenarios: what happens to your P&L if eg. early turnover drops by 3%? Or what if onboarding time is cut in half? Run the numbers with your line managers and let the financial impact speak for itself. Second, it quantifies the actual cost of being off target across 60 workforce metrics, so you can prioritize where to act based on financial impact, not gut feeling.
Built on 25 years of benchmark data from over 1,500 company units.
What can the impact calculator do for you?
Monetarising the impact of people related topics in 3 steps:
- What is the potential value of getting this right?
- What does it cost us if we don’t act?
- And where should we put our money first?
The Impact Calculator gives you the numbers — in your currency, grounded in your data
Topics covered – as many as you need…
Some examples from many possibilities and topics……
Business case
Performance management
15,8 € million + 40 € million
Financial impact of 1/3 of low performers improved (instead of target 2/3) and no poor performers replaced (instead of target all of 5%)
Context:
10,000 employees (1,000 managers)
100% of employees in scope of performance management
People cost approx. 50% of OpEx
Cost per FTE approx. 80k p.a.
Business case
Successor pool utilization
4.7 € million
Financial impact of under-utilizing the succession poor (50% utilization compared to 85% target rate)
Context:
1,000 managers; 1,500 specialists
70% of managers and 50% of specialist in scope of succession management
10% annual vacancy rate in scope
People cost approx. 50% of OpEx
Cost per FTE approx. 80k p.a.
Your numbers
Strong decisions
HR impact, spoken in euros
(or USD, CHF, GBP …)
HR Business Partners are expected to consult, challenge and prioritize — not just report. The Impact Calculator translates people topics into financial terms, so you walk into every conversation with line managers armed with numbers that hold up.
No more gut feel. No more guesswork about what deserves attention.
Know what to prioritise
Know what to park
Every people topic that matters.
From recruiting bottlenecks to leadership quality and skills gaps — the calculator covers the topics your internal clients care about most.
Each case gives you a defensible argument for where to invest and what to deprioritize. Built around the numbers your organization already has.
Simple on the surface
Solid underneath
Ready for showing business impact
Enter the situation as you see it — how many people are affected, what the current state looks like — and the calculator shows the financial impact in seconds.
Behind every result sits a transparent methodology that holds up under scrutiny, whether you’re presenting to a line manager or an HR controller. No data sent anywhere. No IT needed.
Using our Impact Calculator in your decision making
Will give you these advantages
Analytics creating transparency where it matters to the business
Calculating impact converting deviations from targets into money to
‒Creating awareness with line management
‒Proritizing topics
‒Calculating necessary investments and breakeven point
Up-skilling HR ‘working data driven’
This allows HR to become a real business partner, linking people management to business value
Further possible steps
Supporting an IT implementation workshop – getting the right numbers out of the system.
We also support in shaping a dashboard concept-wise, avoiding unnecessary noise and getting a high-value clean view to the users (also offering the relevant deep dives etc.).