Approval-Drag Calculator
Estimate what repeated approvals cost your attention.
Six inputs estimate the annual leadership hours and directional economic drag created by routine approvals, exceptions, and decisions that keep coming back.
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Calculate approval drag
Directional estimate
Your annual approval drag
Direction, not accounting. This estimate is an operating signal based on the assumptions entered. It is not audited savings, accounting advice, a valuation, guaranteed ROI, or a promise that all estimated time or cost can be recovered.
See the transparent formula and assumptions
- Routine approvals per week = first-pass decision requests × routine approval share.
- Annual hours = (routine approvals + exceptions + repeated decisions) × minutes per touch × 52 ÷ 60.
- Directional economic drag = annual hours × loaded leadership hourly cost.
- The dominant source is whichever category contributes the most estimated hours.
- First-pass requests, exceptions, and repeated decisions must not overlap. The model excludes downstream delay, team time, revenue impact, taxes, and probability adjustments.
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