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15 results (expanded search) for "allocation"
Administrative
Activity-Based Cost Allocation
Each service/product: real cost? — not "fake organizational average".
Professional
50/30/20 Budget
Allocate income: 50% needs, 30% wants, 20% savings/investing/debt.
Leadership
McKinsey Three Horizons
Balance investment across the core today, near growth, and long-range bets.
Administrative
Applying the Power-Interest Grid
Place every stakeholder in one of four boxes: high-power/high-interest gets close management, high-power/low-interest gets kept satisfied.
Professional
Annual Relationship Audit
Each December, classify 50 people: adds/drains/neutral — adjust your time.
Administrative
Skill x Interest Delegation Matrix
For each delegation candidate, rate skill and interest — delegate where both are high.
Administrative
Zero-Based Headcount Review
Don't ask "do we need another hire?" — ask "if we started today with nobody, who'd we hire first?".
Administrative
Resource Leveling Across Competing Tasks
When one person is needed for three tasks the same week, reschedule instead of stacking them beyond their capacity.
Administrative
Project Kill-Criteria
Define exactly when you'll kill the project before it even starts — don't wait until failure is discovered too late.
Leadership
Three Horizons: Balancing Today and Tomorrow
Allocate investment and leadership time across running today's business, scaling emerging ventures, and seeding tomorrow's.
Leadership
Killing Zombie Projects Gracefully
Identify projects no longer worth continuing but not yet officially cancelled, and end them with dignity, not silent postponement.
Leadership
Innovation Portfolio Balance (Core/Adjacent/Transformational)
Distribute innovation investment roughly 70/20/10 across core (improving current), adjacent (nearby extension), transformational (future bet) — not all in one bucket.
Parenting
Work-Parent Balance Audit
Monthly review 3 questions about what actually gets time — kids or work.
Digital & AI
Comprehensive App Permissions Audit
Review every app with access to camera, microphone, location, or contacts, and revoke every permission not actually needed.
Leadership
McKinsey's 3 Horizons: Balanced Growth
Invest in 3 time horizons together: current (H1), next growth (H2), future innovation (H3). Neglecting any = slow death.