What Is Leadership Friction Costing You Calculator — Louise Zawada Leadership Louise Zawada Leadership | Executive Coach & Consultant | Perth, WA

Leadership ROI Calculator

What Is Leadership Friction Costing You?

Most leadership friction isn’t visible… until you put a number on it. Estimate the hidden cost of delayed decisions, unclear accountability, leadership drag and transformation drift; then compare that against a focused leadership intervention like coaching.

1. Leader and team context

Leader annual salary package

Number of direct reports

Average direct report salary package

Months this friction has been active

Think decision delays, rework, avoidance, unclear ownership, second-guessing, emotional load, and energy being spent in the wrong places.

2. Decision and execution drag

Hours per week the leader loses to unresolved issues

Hours per week each direct report loses due to lack of clarity/alignment

What kind of friction are you seeing?

Over-escalation to a 1-up manager Decision avoidance masked as collaboration Misaligned leadership narratives Action delayed while waiting for certainty Rework caused by unclear ownership

3. Transformation or project impact

Estimated value of project/program affected

Estimated value at risk due to leadership friction: 5%

4. Retention and burnout risk

Risk of losing the leader or a key person in the next 12 months: 15%

Replacement/disruption cost as % of salary: 75%

5. Coaching investment and recoverable value

Coaching investment estimate

Coaching investment varies depending on seniority, scope, organisational context and complexity.

Custom coaching investment

Estimated recoverable value from focused leadership intervention: 5%

Research reports strong returns from coaching, with ICF citing studies showing organisations can see an average ROI of around 7x the coaching investment. This calculator stays deliberately conservative by letting you test a 2–20% recoverable value range.

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Project value at risk$0

Retention / burnout risk$0

Total estimated annual cost$0

Estimated cost over active period$0

Estimated recoverable value$0

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Coaching investment$0

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This calculator provides an indicative estimate only. It is not financial advice and does not guarantee outcomes. Results depend on the leader’s context, organisational support, readiness for coaching, and the extent to which behavioural change is applied in practice.