Executive Leadership Leverage Assessment™
For CEOs, Presidents, Founders, Business Owners, and Executive Leaders Responsible for Company Performance
If you're responsible for the performance of your organization, you already know this:
Employee turnover is expensive.
But turnover is rarely the real problem.
More often, it's the symptom of leadership patterns that have quietly become part of the culture.
The Executive Leadership Leverage Assessment is designed to uncover those patterns—so you can stop treating symptoms and start solving the problems that matter most.
Is This Really the Job You Signed Up For?
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You didn't work this hard to spend your days settling manager disputes, replacing employees, and reacting to one crisis after another.
You earned the opportunity to lead because you had a vision—to build something meaningful, develop exceptional leaders, and create an organization where people thrive.
Instead, your days are consumed by problems someone else should have been equipped to handle.
A manager avoids a difficult conversation until it becomes a crisis.
A high performer walks out the door.
Departments stop communicating.
The strategic priorities on your calendar get pushed to tomorrow.
Again.
As your organization grows, your success depends less on what you do—and more on how well your managers lead others.
That's where many organizations quietly begin to struggle.
You don't need another leadership book or another generic report telling you your culture could improve.
You need clarity.
Where is your greatest leadership leverage?
Which leadership behaviors are driving the problems?
Which managers need support?
Because once you identify the real bottleneck, you can stop reacting to symptoms—and start building the organization you set out to lead.
What Is Employee Turnover Really Costing Your Organization?
If you've already completed the Employee Turnover Cost Calculator, you've probably discovered something uncomfortable.
The cost of turnover is almost always higher than leaders expect.
But here's what's even more important.
Gallup research shows that 42% of employee turnover is preventable, and that managers account for at least 70% of the difference in employee engagement between teams.
In other words...
Leadership isn't just one factor affecting turnover.
It's often the biggest one.
The real question isn't:
How much is turnover costing your organization?
The real question is:
Why is it happening?
Until you identify the leadership and culture issues driving unnecessary turnover, those costs continue to show up year after year through recruiting expenses, onboarding, lost productivity, lower engagement, management frustration, customer impact, and missed opportunities.
For many organizations, those costs reach hundreds of thousands—or even millions—of dollars annually.
Every month you wait is another month you're paying for preventable turnover.
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The Good News: Leadership Problems Can Be Solved
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You don't have to accept high turnover as "just part of doing business."
Organizations that identify and address the right leadership issues often see remarkable improvements.
One example is Hitachi Energy.
After recognizing that leadership—not compensation—was a major driver of employee turnover, the company invested in strengthening the leadership capabilities of its managers.
The results were remarkable:
- 80% reduction in turnover among salaried employees
- 25% reduction in turnover among hourly employees
- An estimated $20 million in avoided turnover costs within 18 months
The lesson isn't that every organization will achieve the same numbers.
The lesson is that leadership is one of the few business investments capable of improving retention, engagement, productivity, profitability, and culture at the same time.
Before you can improve leadership...
You have to know exactly where it's breaking down.
 Turnover Isn't the Problem, It's the Symptom.
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Most organizations respond to turnover by improving recruiting.
Increasing compensation.
Adding more benefits.
Replacing employees.
Those things may help.
But they don't answer the more important question.
Why are good people leaving in the first place?
Most consultants focus on improving leadership.
Marcel helps executives identify which leadership problems are costing their organizations the most money.
Those aren't always the same thing.
Leadership problems always leave clues.
The challenge is knowing where to look.
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The Promotion Trap
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Many organizations promote their best individual contributors into management.
It makes sense.
They're dependable.
They're experienced.
They know the business.
But leadership is an entirely different skill.
Most managers receive little or no training in how to coach people, navigate conflict, create accountability, develop trust, or have difficult conversations.
Over time, those leadership gaps become organizational problems.
Communication breaks down.
Engagement declines.
Turnover increases.
Not because people don't care.
But because no one ever taught them how to lead.
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Executive Leadership Leverage Assessment
In one focused 60-minute executive session, Marcel will help you identify the leadership patterns most likely driving turnover, disengagement, accountability issues, and inconsistent performance.
Together, you'll identify the bottlenecks limiting your organization's growth and prioritize the opportunities with the greatest potential impact.
You'll leave with practical clarity—not just observations.
Your Executive Leadership Action Plan Includes
âś“ A focused 60-minute one-on-one executive assessment with Marcel Schwantes
âś“ Identification of the leadership and culture issues contributing to turnover, disengagement, accountability challenges, and inconsistent performance
âś“ Marcel's observations and executive recommendations
âś“ A customized Executive Leadership Action Plan outlining your highest-priority opportunities
âś“ Practical recommendations your leadership and HR teams can begin implementing immediately
Whether your organization chooses to implement the recommendations internally or engage Marcel for additional executive coaching or leadership development, you'll leave knowing exactly where to focus first.
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Meet Marcel Schwantes
For more than 20 years, Marcel has studied why people think, behave, communicate, and perform the way they do.
Today, he combines that understanding of human behavior with years of advising CEOs, executive teams, and organizations to uncover the leadership dynamics limiting performance and driving costly turnover.
His work has been featured in Forbes, Inc., Fast Company, TIME, Business Insider, and many other leading business publications.
Organizations seek out Marcel because he doesn't simply identify leadership problems.
He helps executives understand why they're happening—and where they can create the greatest organizational impact.
His approach combines practical leadership expertise with a deep understanding of workplace culture, employee engagement, and organizational trust.
This Assessment Is a Great Fit If
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You are a CEO, President, Founder, Business Owner, Executive Director, COO, VP, or senior executive responsible for organizational performance.
Your organization has approximately 50 to 1500 employees, where leadership decisions have a direct impact on culture, retention, engagement, and profitability.
You're concerned about rising employee turnover.
You feel like accountability has become a constant struggle.
You've promoted technically strong people into management and are realizing that leadership doesn't automatically come with the promotion.
You sense morale or engagement slipping.
You believe there are leadership or culture issues beneath the surface.
You want an experienced outside perspective before making major leadership decisions.
Most importantly...
You don't want another leadership seminar.
You want clarity about where to focus first.
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Investment
Executive Leadership Leverage Assessment
$495
Your investment includes everything listed above, including your customized Executive Leadership Action Plan.
For perspective...
Replacing one employee often costs significantly more than this assessment.
If this conversation helps you prevent even one unnecessary departure—or helps one manager become dramatically more effective—it can pay for itself many times over.
Ready to Stop Guessing?
Leadership problems rarely solve themselves.
The longer they continue, the more expensive they become.
The first step isn't another leadership program.
The first step is understanding what's really happening inside your organization.
If you're ready to stop treating symptoms and start addressing the leadership issues beneath them...
