Team ROI Calculator

Team Net Value (TNV) is a composite score from 0-100 that measures how effectively your team converts its potential into actual value. It's calculated based on 18 KPIs drawn from the team-effectiveness literature, including psychological safety, alignment, communication quality, and execution capability.

A TNV of 100 represents a perfectly optimized team where all potential is being realized. Scores fall into five bands: Critical (0-20), Poor (20-40), Average (40-60), Good (60-80) and Excellent (80-100).

We use a straightforward calculation based on the economic principle that a team's potential output equals its investment (salaries paid):

For example, a 10-person team with $80,000 average salary and 65% TNV:

• Total Investment: $800,000/year
• Unrealized Value: $800,000 × (1 - 0.65) = $280,000/year

This represents the annual value that could be captured by improving team effectiveness.

The unrealized value represents the gap between what your team could achieve at peak performance versus current output. This value is “left on the table” due to:

• Misalignment and unclear priorities
• Poor communication and information silos
• Low psychological safety limiting innovation
• Inefficient processes and coordination overhead
• Unresolved conflicts and trust issues

Each of these shows up as a low score on one or more of the 18 KPIs, which is what makes them addressable: you can see which factor costs the most and start there.

Improving TNV requires a systematic approach. PEAKTEAMS provides:

• Diagnostic Assessment: Identify exactly which KPIs need attention
• Benchmarking: See how you compare to high-performing teams
• Action Plans: Rule-based, specific recommendations for improvement
• Progress Tracking: Measure improvement over time with repeat assessments

Re-assess after 3 to 6 months to measure the change against your first result.

Our methodology is grounded in 20+ years of organizational psychology research, including:

• Google's Project Aristotle findings on team effectiveness
• Amy Edmondson's research on psychological safety
• The IMOI (Input-Mediator-Output-Input) framework for team processes
• Meta-analyses on team cohesion and performance

Our 18 KPIs are drawn from constructs in the team-effectiveness literature that are associated with team performance. What has and has not been established about the instrument itself is set out in our psychometric note. Learn more about our methodology →