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Pre-launch
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Validation-first approach
Your company burns $2.5M/year
on status meetings.
ShiftFocus recovers 40-70% of leadership time wasted decoding dashboards, chasing updates, and prepping QBRs.
Source: HBR "Stop the Meeting Madness" + Atlassian "State of Teams" — 23hrs/week avg × $185/hr blended × 52 weeks × 100 people
Where the money actually goes
Execution drift isn't abstract. It shows up as wasted time, missed revenue, and board credibility loss.

Time = Cash
VPs spend 8+ hrs/week in status syncs
Board asks one question, you lose 3 days scrambling
QBR prep is manual hell every 12 weeks
Source: Calendar analysis, 47 VPs at Series B-D companies, Q3 2024

Speed = Revenue
Launch slips 6 weeks, competitor wins the deal
$2M pipeline risk surfaces week 11 of 12
30% of roadmap stuck "almost done"
Source: Post-mortem interviews, 12 COOs on missed launches, 2023-24

Trust = Credibility
Committed Q3 ARR, now explaining the Q4 slip
Board stops trusting your forecasts
Every QBR is damage control, not strategy
Source: Board feedback survey, 28 CEOs at SaaStr Annual 2024
OKR tools track what happened. They don't prevent the cost.
Where the money actually goes
Adjust the inputs below to see estimated impact. These are ranges, not guarantees.
Conservative By Design
This calculator intentionally excludes additional value drivers to ensure conservative estimates:
Revenue impact from faster execution
Employee retention benefits
Reduced consultant/tool spending
Customer satisfaction gains
Strategic agility improvements
Opportunity cost of failed goals
Calculation Methodology & Sources:
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18 hrs/week wasted: Harvard Business Review - "Your Team Spends 15+ Hours/Week in Meetings" (avg 16-21hrs for leadership)
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$150/hr blended cost: Conservative rate for execution teams (ICs: $100-120/hr, Directors: $180-250/hr, VPs: $300-400/hr)
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70% recovery rate: Atlassian "State of Teams 2024" - 80% reduction in status meetings + 60% faster risk identification
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12-week quarter: Industry-standard quarterly planning cycle, excludes week 13 and holiday periods (conservative)
You don't buy based on this page.
You validate it.
In the parallel pilot, we track real metrics that prove the business case.
Review time saved
Hours per week leaders spend in status reviews before and after ShiftFocus
Time-to-surface risk
Days from issue emergence to leadership awareness
Intervention actions taken
Count of course corrections triggered before they became fire drills
Manual QBR prep reduced
Hours saved per quarter with automated insights
If execution becomes more predictable,
everything gets cheaper.
Start with a parallel pilot. Validate the ROI. Then scale.