Free tool · For HR and People leaders

What is disengagement costing you this year?

Three minutes, numbers you already have, and a figure you can put in front of Finance. Move the sliders and watch it change. You see the number without giving us anything. Only the forwardable report needs an email.

Estimates use published research from Gallup, Gartner, DDI and SHRM. Nothing you type here is stored unless you ask for the report.

Your management layer

Score a department, a division or the whole company. Use averages; precision is not the point yet.

People in scope: 250 (managers × average team size)

How true is each of these for your managers?

0 means no, not at all. 10 means yes, strongly. Go with your gut; the pulse is where the team answers for themselves.

Sharpen the number (optional)

Leave blank and we estimate from the answers above.

How the estimate works, and why Finance will accept it

The calculator turns your eight answers into a Management Effectiveness Score, then applies published cost factors to the people and payroll you put in scope. Every line is shown as a range, low to high, because the honest answer is a range. The five lines:

  • Lost productivity. Disengaged people still come to work. Gallup puts the productivity cost of a disengaged employee at a share of their salary; the calculator scales that by how far your managers are from the mark on the engagement statements.
  • Preventable turnover. Gallup finds 42% of people who quit say their manager could have prevented it. Replacement cost is taken at the conservative end of the SHRM range.
  • Rework and missed deadlines. A small share of payroll, scaled by your read on execution quality.
  • Manager time absorbed by people problems. Gartner (2026) finds managers spend up to nine hours a week on their team's personal and emotional concerns. Priced at loaded manager cost.
  • Stress-related absence. Attributable days priced at daily salary, scaled by your read on wellbeing, or by the days you enter.

The weighting is the Mind Shift Management Effectiveness Index and is proprietary. The sources are public: Gallup, State of the Global Workplace 2026 and the manager development meta-analysis; Gartner, HR survey April 2026; DDI, Global Leadership Forecast 2025; SHRM replacement cost guidance. The free team pulse replaces your estimate with your team's own answers. For what sits behind each line, the assumptions and how to substitute your own data, read the methodology note for Finance.

This calculator gives an estimate for planning conversations, not an audit. Results depend on the accuracy of what you enter. Model and content © 2026 Mind Impact Ltd trading as Mind Shift. Nothing you enter is stored unless you request the report.

Now you have the number. Let's talk about bringing it down.

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