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title: Hope Promotion Calculator
description: Promoting your best workers without people-skills training has a hidden cost. Use the free Hope Promotion Calculator to see your annual number.
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Hope Promotion Calculator

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# Are Hope Promotions Costing You?

#### See what undertrained supervisors are costing you in turnover, safety, rework, and escalations.

## The Hope Promotion Calculator

Total # Frontline employees

Avg annual salary per person

$

When your supervisors were promoted, what people-skills development did they get? **No training at all.** **Some technical training, no people-skills.** **Technical training, plus whatever leadership ability they came with.** **Strong, developed people-skills.**

## Top Cost Drivers

Switch off anything that doesn't apply to your operation — Uncheck blue checkmarks.

Turnover & replacement $0

Annual turnover rate %

%

Replacement cost Conservative — 50% of salary Moderate — 100% of salary Comprehensive — 150% of salary

Safety incidents / year Avg cost per incident $0

 

Avg cost per incident

$

Rework, scrap & quality loss estimate $0

$

  

Hrs/wk managers solving supervisor issues Manager Hourly Rate $0

  

Manager Hourly Rate

$

Estimated annual cost of hope promotions

$0

— about $0 every week

- Turnover — people-skills gap$0
- Safety incidents — people-skills gap$0
- Rework & quality — people-skills gap$0
- Leadership time lost to escalations$0
- Total annual cost of hope$0

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 To cut these costs by just **25%** so you can recover about **$0** a year, you will need to ensure your frontline supervisors have the skills to lead the changes necessary to save your company money. The Estimated Annual Cost of Hope Promotions is what it's costing you now — and what it will keep costing if you do nothing about it.

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