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Read the method.
Then put it to work.
Practical essays for PE-backed and operator CEOs. Each piece ties a book in the library to the decisions executives face—and why training with The 80/20 Institute turns reading into operating rhythm.
From the library
12 essays. One operating system.
Written for leaders who run the business, not the binder.
Books, Field Guides, and Institute training are linked where they earn their place.
The Art of Making Honey: Bill Canady’s Profitable Growth Operating System (PGOS) Explained
PGOS explained through The Art of Making Honey—Segment, Simplify, Zero-Up, Grow—and how it relates to FORGE without claiming Honeywell affiliation.
Coin Operated: How to Design Pay and Incentives That Grow EBITDA
Design incentive compensation for EBITDA growth—pay for controllable bridge levers, not activity, attendance, or vanity revenue.
Get Paid First: Why Price Realization Beats Cost Cuts on the EBITDA Bridge
Why PE-backed manufacturers should fix price realization before cost theater—and how Get Paid puts pricing first on the EBITDA Bridge.
How to Become a Board Member: An Operator’s Path to a PE Board Seat
How operators earn a board seat—evidence, seat profile, PE number fluency—and what PE boards actually select for versus LinkedIn theater.
The Rule of Three: Visionary, Prophet, and Operator Leadership for PE-Backed Companies
Why PE-backed leadership teams need Visionary, Prophet, and Operator roles—and how missing one shows up as missed EBITDA on the hold.
Take Control: The Four Meetings Every New CEO Should Run in the First 100 Days
Four meetings—goal, strategy, organization, execution—that put a new CEO in command faster than a listening tour without arithmetic.
Board-Ready Strategy: The Strategy Management Process Executives Actually Use
How the Strategy Management Process turns six weeks of work into a board signature—and why PE CEOs train teams on SMP, not binders.
The First 100 Days: Why Operator CEOs Need a Real Turnaround Plan
Why PE-backed and operator CEOs need a real first-100-days plan—not a binder—and how The Art of Making Honey and Institute training close the gap.
After the Signature: PE Integration That Protects the Return
Why the deal signature does not deliver the return—and how the Integration Playbook and Institute training help CEOs integrate on purpose.
The Profitable Growth Operating System: Why Complexity Kills—and What CEOs Install Instead
What PGOS is, how The 80/20 Company and FORGE install profitable growth, and why executives train with The 80/20 Institute instead of adding more initiatives.
Strategy Deployment: How to Keep a Signed Plan Alive After the Offsite
How the Strategy Deployment Process turns a signed plan into weekly execution—and why PE leadership teams train on SDP, cadence, and Nerve Center together.
The EBITDA Bridge: Five Levers Executives Can Actually Pull
A practical guide to the EBITDA Bridge—price, mix, share, M&A, and cost—and why operator CEOs train on the levers instead of hoping the market saves the model.
Prefer the books and courses together?
The library explains the method. Institute training installs it with your team.