TEAM PERFORMANCE RISK SCAN
You sense the pressure
is too high.
But you don't know for certain.
Within 30 days you know objectively whether you need to act, where the risk sits and what you can do. Based on physiological data, not gut feeling. And within 60 days, see in black and white what your intervention already delivered.
From signals to facts and from facts to measurable results.
✓ Medical-grade HRV physiological Stress & Recovery measurement with Firstbeat Life - no questionnaires, no self reporting
✓ Privacy-proof anonymised reporting at team level — from 10 people
✓ 25 years as a leader in corporate organisations - including HEINEKEN & Ahold
DOES THIS SOUND FAMILIAR?
You know the pressure is high,
but you don't know whether it's already too much.
And that's exactly what makes it so hard to act.
"I don't want to intervene if it's not necessary. But I also can't afford to wait untill it is too late.."
You're seeing signals; some a little quieter than ususal, work that's just below the ususal standard, but your team ís functioning and the output is there. So you keep second-guessing yourself.
"I feel like something is wrong, but I can't proof it."
You sense it, but without hard data you always lose that conversation upstairs. Gut feeling never beats a spreadsheet.
"Management keeps pushing for output — without seeing the reality."
The pressure from above is based on targets, not on what you experience day to day on the floor.
"I am afraid my best people will check-out and I'll see it too late."
Motivation loss kreeps in. Small mistakes increase. Signals that make you uneasy, but not enough ground to act.
"I want to act, but I don't know how."
You don't know how to stop the problem from getting bigger. And without data you have no position to force the conversation.
DOES THIS SOUND FAMILIAR?
You see it.
But you can't sell it upward.
The conversation you have now — without data
"I'm worried about the pressure in my team. I think we need to slow things down a bit."
MT response: "We're in the middle of a busy period. Everyone's under pressure. Hold on a little longer."
Result: you're sent back. Without a solution.
The conversation you can have — with data
"68% of my team members are physiologically in the risk zone, with 9% at serious risk of burnout in the short term and 25% with a nervous system so out of balance that rest alone is no longer sufficient. This data shows that if we do nothing now, we'll have a serious performance problem in the short term."
MT response: "Show me that report. What do we need?"
Result: you don't have an opinion — you have proof.
The Team Performance Risk Scan™ provides you with an anonymised team-level report that you can use directly to take targeted actions and discuss your management team or board of directors. Objective physiological data, translated into leadership language.
THE ANALYSIS
The Workload Risk Curve™
Our analyses are based on the Workload Risk Curve™ — a model that describes the five phases employees go through when under sustained pressure. Every phase of the curve is physiologically measurable in the autonomic nervous system.
Most leaders who approach us have a team sitting somewhere between phase 2 and 3: functioning on the outside, overloaded on the inside. That's exactly the zone that stays invisible without physiological measurement and the cheapest one to adress.
On average, about 61% of employees are in the 'Hidden Stress Zone': still functioning, but with a nervous system that is already overloaded. Early intervention prevents loss of energy, performance and people. intervention prevents loss of energy, performance and productivity.
Read more about this model and see example measurements per phase →
PHASE 1
Sustainable performance
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Physiological stress & recovery in balance
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Focused and energetic
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Stable output
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Constructive collaboration
PHASE 2
Driven performance
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Performing on willpower
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High ambition, pushing through
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Physiological recovery decreasing
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Still productive
PHASE 3
Nervous system dysregulation
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Physiological imbalance between stress & recovery
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Sleep quality declining
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Constant pressure
PHASE 4
Functional burnout
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Performance visibly declining
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Emotional reactivity
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Chronic fatigue
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Absenteeism increasing
PHASE 5
Collapse
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System is exhausted
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Burnout
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Long-term absence
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Extended recovery required
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Team disruption
HIDDEN STRESS ZONE
The employee is still functioning, but the nervous system is already overloaded. This is physiologically measurable.
DE MEETSTANDAARD
We work with Firstbeat Life — the same technology used by 1,000+ professional sports teams
Firstbeat Life is the global standard in physiological stress measurement. The platform is built on 20 years of scientific research and a database of over 4 million physiological measurements. Not a gadget — medical-grade HRV technology, proven in elite sport and now applied in corporate organisations.
We are a certified Firstbeat Life user and integrate the measurement data with our own analysis, coaching and leadership advice.
10.000+
organisations
worldwide
350+
scientific
publications
Up to 30%
reduction in sick days among users
80%+
report higher work efficiency
TEAM PERFORMANCE RISK SCAN™
From signals to facts
- and from facts to measurable results
No questionnaires. No assumptions. We measure physiologically what is actually happening -with Firstbeat Life- and translate that into concrete action for you as leader.
Phase 1: Diagnosis -within 30 days you know where your team stands.
Phase 2: Improvement and proof -within 60 days you see what it delivered already.
1
Kickoff: Stress intelligence session - 1,5 a 2 uur
All participants understand how stress and recovery work physiologically -before the measurement begins. Not as theory, but as context for what they are about to discover about themselves. This significantly increases both participation and the quality of behaviour change afterwards.
What your team learns:
-> What happens in the nervous system under pressure.
-> Why relaxing sometimes doesn't work even when you rest.
-> What the measurement will show and why it matters.
2
Measure reality — 5 days Firstbeat measurement - no time investment
Participants wear the Firstbeat Life sensor for 5 days. The device continously records the physiological stress-recovery balance via Heart Rate Variability (HRV) -including sleep, movement, energy and recovery patterns.
Objectively, not based on self reporting.
3
Detect hidden risks
We analyse the Firstbeat data and identify where overload is lurking in the team, before it becomes visible as absence or performance loss. Per individual and as a team pattern — based on objective physiological facts. At team level, possible shared underlying causes are identified.
4
Individual insight & behaviour change
Each employee receives a personal report and a 1-on-1 debrief. They understand where they stand in the Workload Risk Curve, when they experience stress (often unconsciously), what causes their stress. They also see objectively what helps them recover and what concrete actions they can take to improve. Firstbeat data shows that more than 50% adjust their behaviour after the first measurement.
5
Leadership Action Plan — 90 minuten
Jij krijgt een geanonimiseerd teamoverzicht met patronen, risicozones en gerichte interventies.
Jouw winst is niet de meting zelf, maar:
-> dat jouw medewerkers individueel de juiste veranderingen kunnen doorvoeren
-> jij hebt de feiten waarmee jij als leider kunt beslissen of en hoe je ingrijpt.
-> je hebt een objectieve basis om de discussie aan te gaan met je team én met je stakeholders
This is where the diagnosis phase end. Within 30 days, you know where your team stands and what action is needed.
6
Team Action session — 90 minuten
Together with your team, you look back at the data. What does everyone see? What do people recognise in themselves? Which concrete improvements do we take as a team?
This is the step that turns insight into behaviour -not just for individuals, but as a team. It creates ownership: people improve because they want to, not because it's imposed from above.
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Follow-up measurement — 5 days Firstbeat measurement — No additional time investment
After the action session, we measure again. Same method, same objectivity. So you see in black and white what already improved, at individual and team level.
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Everything is privacy-proof. You see patterns at team level, never individual data. Employees receive their own insights via the Firstbeat Life app — which typically results in high participation rates.
PROOF THAT IT WORKS
What it delivers
50%
Adjusts behaviour after the first measurement (Firstbeat data, 100,000+ measurements)
68%
improved stress-recovery balance.
Best result after 3 months — own trajectories, individual
14%
Average improvement in stress-recovery balance at second measurement — own trajectories
9.4
Average client satisfaction out of 10 — own trajectories
THE BUSINESS CASE
What does doing nothing cost?
One burnout. One departing key employee. Three months of performance loss.
Each of these scenarios costs your organisation many times more than a scan.
The average burnout lasts 242 days. Turnover costs can run from 50% to as much as 200% of annual salary. Research shows that overload can reduce your team's performance by 10 to 30%.
I've developed a calculator that makes the financial impact of overload concrete — for your team, in your specific situation.
Based on your team size, salaries and other variables, we work out together what the current situation is costing you and what early intervention delivers in return.
I do this deliberately with you, not as a tool you fill in on your own. The outcome is a number, but the value is in the conversation around it. What are you already seeing? What do you recognise? And what would it mean if you could step in sooner?
Want to know what overload is costing your team right now?
Get in touch to schedule a conversation. We'll work it out together. In 45 minutes you'll know what the current situation is costing you — and what you can do to change it.
Sources: TNO Arbobalans, OVAL, Verbond van Verzekeraars. Figures are averages for medium-sized organisations in the Netherlands.
READY TO START?
Not sure yet whether it's already necessary?
That's exactly why we start with a conversation.
We start with a free discovery call of 20–30 minutes. No sales pitch, no vague promises.
We do a Quick Pressure Assessment and see whether this fits what's happening in your team.
Step 1
Discovery call – Quick Pressure Assessment
Step 2
Tailored proposal
Step 3
Scan starts within 2 weeks
No obligations, no standard sales call
