The Prospering Culture Score™ — Teleios Strategy
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Introducing The Prospering Culture Score™

When People Prosper,
Organizations Perform.

A whole-person diagnostic for organizational performance.

Traditional surveys measure behavioral outputs. The Prospering Culture Score measures the seven conditions that make sustained, high-quality performance possible — diagnosing the root cause, not just the symptom.

21%
of global employees were engaged in 2024 — a decade low (Gallup)
$438B
in lost productivity from disengagement in 2024 alone (Gallup)
94.3%
engagement rate for high-wellness employees vs. 46.3% for low-wellness (Quantum Workplace)
2x+
ROI returned per $1 invested in comprehensive whole-person programs (Wellhub, 2024)

Why This Is Different

Traditional surveys ask how people feel about their jobs.
We ask whether the conditions exist for them to truly prosper.

Traditional Engagement Survey

Measures satisfaction with the jobDo you like your manager? Would you recommend this company? These are lagging signals — symptoms of a system, not the system itself.
Produces a score, not a diagnosisThe number goes up or down. Leadership doesn't know why, what drove it, or what to actually change.
Lives in an HR reportResults are presented to HR, not leadership. They generate wellness programs and perks — not structural strategy decisions.
Ignores the whole personFinancial stress, purpose, relational trust, life integration — the variables that most predict performance are the ones the survey never asks about.

The Prospering Culture Score™

Measures the conditions for performanceNot how people feel about their jobs — whether the structural, relational, and whole-person conditions for sustained execution actually exist.
Produces a root-cause diagnosticSeven dimension scores, each with gap analysis and strategic implication. Leaders know precisely what's constraining performance and why.
Belongs in the leadership conversationResults are designed for the strategy session, not the HR inbox. The readout session is structured as a strategic decision, not a data review.
Measures the whole person in contextPurpose, trust, capacity, growth, psychological safety, and whole-life integration — every dimension that actually drives sustained organizational performance.

The Core Insight

When people prosper, organizations perform.
These are not separate goals.

The Foundational Claim

“Prospering is not a wellness goal or a performance goal. It is the condition under which both become possible — simultaneously, sustainably, and without separation.”

The word prospering has always carried both meanings — inner flourishing and outer results, whole-person wellbeing and organizational performance — in one. That is precisely what this diagnostic measures: whether your culture has the conditions for people to bring their whole selves, and whether the organization captures the results that follow.

01

Culture is not what you declare — it’s what people experience

Values on a wall don’t produce performance. The daily reality of trust, clarity, safety, and purpose does. The PCS measures the reality, not the aspiration.

02

Wellbeing and performance are one system

Organizations that treat them as competing priorities optimize for neither. When people can’t sustain themselves, execution degrades — quietly, then suddenly.

03

The whole person has always been at work

Financial stress, relational breakdown, lack of purpose — people don’t leave these at the door. The PCS is the first diagnostic built to account for that.

04

Leadership must own the diagnosis

Culture is a strategic asset. Its diagnosis belongs in the strategy conversation — not the HR report. The PCS is built from the ground up for leadership ownership.

The Difference

Not an engagement survey.
A strategic diagnostic.

The Prospering Culture Score is designed to be owned by leadership — because its findings belong in the strategy conversation, not the people report.

Traditional Engagement Survey
Measures job satisfaction
Asks if employees will stay
Focuses on the employment relationship
Produces a score
Lagging indicator
HR owns the results
Generates programs and perks
The Prospering Culture Score™
Measures whole-person prospering capacity
Asks whether performance conditions exist
Focuses on the whole person in context
Produces a root-cause diagnostic
Leading indicator of execution risk
Leadership owns the implications
Generates structural strategy conversations

The Framework

Seven Dimensions of
Whole-Person Prospering

Each dimension is measured with five closed-response items plus an open-text prompt. A gap in any dimension is a strategic risk. A gap in multiple is an execution crisis.

01
Purpose & Meaning
Does work connect to something larger than the task list?
02
Execution Clarity
Can people do their work without structural friction?
03
Relational Trust
Are leader and teammate relationships genuinely healthy?
04
Growth & Development
Is there a meaningful professional future inside this organization?
05
Capacity & Sustainability
Is the workload sustainable — or is burnout quietly accumulating?
06
Psychological Safety
Can people be honest and take risks without consequence?
07
Whole-Life Integration
Does life outside work support — or undermine — performance?
Financial stress, personal stability, and work-life coherence are among the most significant — and most consistently ignored — performance variables in the middle market. Prospering requires the whole person.

The Process

From deployment to strategic readout
in four weeks.

Teleios manages every phase — fielding, analysis, and the leadership readout that transforms data into strategy.

01
Phase 1
Deploy
Weeks 1–2
Survey fielded org-wide or by segment. 41 items, 12–15 minutes. Teleios manages all distribution and communication.
02
Phase 2
Analyze
Weeks 2–3
Dimension scores, cross-pattern analysis, and qualitative open-text mining by department and tenure.
03
Phase 3
Readout
Week 4
90-minute leadership session connecting each finding to its strategic and financial implication.
04
Phase 4
Respond
Ongoing
Strategic response through the right Teleios service pillar — as indicated by the diagnostic findings.

The Business Case

The ROI is not in question.
The question is whether you’re capturing it.

$2+
returned for every $1 invested in comprehensive whole-person programs
Wellhub, 2024 Return on Wellbeing Report
53%
less likely to leave when employer genuinely prioritizes their wellbeing
Holisticare, 2024
95%
of companies measuring wellbeing ROI see positive returns — up from 90% in 2023
Wellhub, 2024
4.2×
more likely to be engaged when supported to learn and develop new skills
Work Human, 2024
9%
voluntary turnover at organizations with strong whole-person programs vs. 15% without
Holisticare, 2024
150%+
ROI achieved by 24% of companies with holistic programs addressing 4+ dimensions
Wellhub, 2024
A 150-person company at 15% turnover absorbs roughly $1.7M annually in replacement costs. Reducing that to 9% — the rate associated with strong whole-person programs — recovers approximately $675,000 per year. The Prospering Culture Score identifies precisely where that risk is concentrated before it shows up in your turnover data.

Ready to Diagnose Where
Your Organization Is — and Isn’t — Prospering?

A 20-minute conversation is the right first step. We’ll review your current execution landscape and determine whether The Prospering Culture Score is the right diagnostic at this moment.

drew@teleiostrategy.com  ·  teleiostrategy.com  ·  Drew Yancey, PhD