The People Performance Lab · Session 03

The Change Tax Calculator

Every organization pays a tax on change it doesn't manage well. It rarely shows up as a line item, so most leaders never see the bill. Move the four dials below to estimate what yours is quietly costing.

3

Restructures, system rollouts, mergers, new ways of working, anything that asked people to operate differently in the last 18 months.

250

Roughly how many employees these changes touched.

How prepared your people are to absorb change before it arrives.

Strongbuilt capacity
Mixeduneven
Stretchedrunning on fumes

How quickly change actually takes hold once it starts. Not the plan, the reality.

Fastmoves cleanly
Sluggishdrags, then lands
Stalledinitiatives stall out
Estimated annual change tax
Estimated annual change tax
$0
A working estimate, not an invoice.
Slow & failed changeValue that leaks while initiatives stall or fall short.
$0
DisengagementEffort quietly withdrawn when change is handled badly.
$0
Change fatigueThe compounding cost of each change making the next one harder.
$0
The part that isn't dollars

This estimate uses conservative, widely cited ranges for disengagement and change failure applied to your inputs. It's built to make an invisible cost visible and start a conversation, not to produce a number for the board deck.

BDI · The People Company Invisible until you measure it.