Resources · For business
For leaders who manage performance.
Free · 5 minutes
The Engagement Gap Check.
You pay 100%. What are you getting back?
- → You hired them 50/50. Why is your leadership 83/17?
- → Thirteen questions score motivation and engagement - the two things driving the gap.
- → You get your effective output, the gap in euros and the 3 causes behind it.
RESOURCES
Numbers on the table.
The 30-Minute Team Engagement Audit
Rate each person on output, initiative, growth path and load. See who is thriving, coasting or at risk, and what it costs a year.
What the engagement gap costs Dutch companies (2026)
What the public numbers say about productivity, engagement and retention, with a calculator for your own team.
Turn your Engagement Gap Check into a board briefing
Five steps to a one-page briefing: your numbers, the causes, what's been tried and a 6-12 week proposal with a clear breakeven.
From the impowr blog
Short reads for leaders.
Hired 50/50, led 83/17: where your women go in mid-career
Women start their careers on equal terms, then disappear in the middle, and the top stays male. Here is what the numbers say, why it isn't ambition, and what it costs you.
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Why capable women deliver less than they can (and why it isn't capability)
When a strong performer starts delivering less, it's rarely about skill. Here's what is usually behind it, and what closes the gap.
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Office housework: the invisible workload holding your best women back
Organising, onboarding, note-taking: the work that keeps teams running rarely gets anyone promoted, and it lands on women more often. Here's what to do about it.
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Why the check-in, the pep talk and the PIP don't fix disengagement
Managers do the right things and the output still doesn't come back. The Performance Decay Cycle explains why: the fixes aim at the symptom, months after the cause.
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Rewards that don't motivate: why status perks miss many of your best women
The title, the car, the bonus ranking. Many reward systems are built around status. Here's why that misses what drives many high-performing women, and what to do instead.
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The €20K Question: Why Your Senior Women Are One LinkedIn Message Away From Leaving (And What Actually Works t
Your senior woman asks for €20K. The external stranger asks for €20K more. Guess who gets approved faster? (Spoiler: it costs you €200K.) Here's why and how to stop it.
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