Management Calculators
Practical tools for a better management conversation.
Management decisions are often delayed — not because the answer is unknowable, but because the issue looks complex, the information is scattered, or people are approaching it from different angles.
Our Management Calculators provide a structured way to work through important organisational questions. Enter what you know, and get a clear result that helps identify risks, expose gaps, test assumptions and focus management attention.
They’re not a substitute for detailed analysis. They’re a way to start a better conversation.
Choose a calculator
- Transformation Risk Assessment. Use this if you're about to commit people and money to a major change and want to see what's at stake if it goes well, and if it doesn't. You'll need: your change budget, the benefits you expect, and a view on how well the change is likely to be adopted.
- Team Capability Analysis. Use this if you're taking on new work and aren't sure your team has the right skills for it. It shows where the strengths and gaps are. You'll need: A view on skills the work requires, and on the skills of each individual team member.
- Workforce capacity assessment. Use this if you're asking "how many people do we actually need, or what is my true cost to serve? It turns your workload (process volume) into the FTEs required and calculates the cost to serve. You'll need: your process steps, how long each (work time) takes to complete, which role performs them, and each role's average annual salary.
- Management Accountability — Map who owns, governs and improves each process, by position. You'll need: your processes, your positions, and a view on who designs, owns, governs and improves each process.
- Preference Insight Map. Use this if you have many options scored against many criteria and can't see the pattern, for example RFP responses scored against your requirements. It plots the results as one visual map showing which options are alike, which stand out, and what each is strong on. You'll need: a table of scores, Objects across the columns and Attributes down the rows. You can paste it from Excel.
Why use them
A common starting point. They create a shared framework for discussing an issue — reducing reliance on opinion, assumption or anecdote.
Complex issues, broken down. By splitting a question into its contributing factors, the calculators make it easier to see what’s working, what needs a closer look, and where the gaps are.
Focused attention. Results highlight where risk is higher, capability is lower, accountability is unclear, or capacity is constrained — so you know where deeper investigation is worth the time.
Evidence over anecdote. Each calculator prompts you to think about why you believe what you believe, giving discussion and planning a structured basis.
An answer straight away. No registration. Enter your information and get an immediate result, downloadable as a PDF.
Free to use. All calculators are free via the website. Note: nothing you enter is retained — no results are saved, no account is required, and closing or refreshing the page will lose your data, so download your PDF before you leave.
Know the limits
Every result depends entirely on the data entered.
These are indicative tools — not a definitive conclusion, a professional opinion, or a replacement for detailed analysis. Read every result in the context of your own organisation and evidence.
It’s on you to:
- check the data you entered is accurate;
- question whether your assumptions are reasonable;
- judge how relevant the result actually is;
- notice what information might be missing; and
- get specialist advice before acting on anything with real operational, financial, legal, safety or regulatory weight.
The calculators should inform your judgement — not replace it.
Download your PDF before you leave.
Nothing you enter is stored, so closing or refreshing the page clears your data. The PDF is your record, and it’s designed to be shared, so it works well as the starting point for a management discussion.
Want a version for your own organisation?
Each calculator can be purchased individually and customised — your terminology, your branding, your assessment criteria — for use in your own management practices, workshops or advisory work.
Pick the calculator (or calculators) that match what you’re actually trying to solve, and contact us to talk pricing, licensing and customisation.
Start the conversation
The answer isn’t the end of the analysis. It’s the start of the conversation.