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The Eighty20 library

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Seven subjects. A clear job for every book.

  1. 01CommandLead the business, set direction and build the operating system.CEO Leadership · First 100 Days · Operating System
  2. 02ProfitImprove pricing, purchasing, cash flow and EBITDA.Profit Improvement · Pricing · Purchasing · EBITDA Growth
  3. 03StrategyBuild the plan, align operations and deliver it.Strategic Planning · Strategy Execution · Decision Making
  4. 04GrowthGrow sales, marketing and products that earn their place.Sales · Marketing · Product Development · Scaling
  5. 05PeopleBuild the team, develop talent and align incentives.Leadership Teams · Personal Leadership · Talent · Compensation
  6. 06DealsBuy businesses, integrate acquisitions and prepare the exit.Private Company M&A · Exit Readiness · Private Equity M&A · M&A Integration · Private Equity Boards
  7. 07Continuous ImprovementMake the work safer, simpler and more reliable.80/20 Implementation · SIOP · Lean · Safety
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New to PGOS? Start with The Art of Making Honey

00 · Start here

The whole system in one story.

The Art of Making Honey Available

A fable about a turnaround. Then Part Two hands you PGOS itself — Segment, Simplify, Zero-Up, Grow — and the cadence that runs it.

How to use it Read it in an evening. Give a copy to your leadership team before you start.

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Command

Lead the business, set direction and build the operating system.

Days 1–100

First 100 Days

Take Control

Use four meetings to set the goal, strategy, organization and execution rhythm for a new CEO.

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Operating System

FORGE

Install five leadership disciplines so the company can execute without depending on the CEO for every decision.

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Print forthcoming · November 10, 2026.

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Personal Focus

The 80/20 Life

Focus your time and attention on the few things that matter most in your life.

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Profit

Improve pricing, purchasing, cash flow and EBITDA.

Days 101–365
Segment · Simplify · Zero-Up

Profit Improvement

Earn the Right to Grow

Simplify the business, correct underpricing and fund growth from the cash already inside it.

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Pricing

Get Paid

Set prices, manage discounts and improve the price your business actually keeps.

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Print forthcoming · November 3, 2026.

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Purchasing

Cost Is a Choice

Improve sourcing, purchasing and supplier decisions to reduce cost and verify the savings.

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Print forthcoming · December 8, 2026.

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EBITDA Growth

The EBITDA Bridge

Turn the board’s EBITDA number into a plan across price, mix, share, M&A and cost.

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Strategy

Build the plan, align operations and deliver it.

Every year

SMP builds the plan SDP delivers it.

Strategic Planning

The Strategy Management Process

Build a practical business strategy your board can approve and your team can own.

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Strategy Execution

The Strategy Deployment Process

Turn the approved strategy into team priorities, accountable owners and monthly progress reviews.

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Growth

Grow sales, marketing and products that earn their place.

Year two

Sales

The 80/20 Salesman

Focus sales time and territories on the customers and products that create profitable revenue.

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Print forthcoming · November 10, 2026.

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Marketing

The 80/20 Marketer

Focus the marketing budget on the customers who make money and measure the return.

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Print forthcoming · December 22, 2026.

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Product Development

Worth Every Cent

Choose, fund and launch products customers will buy, using evidence at each decision.

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Print forthcoming · December 27, 2026.

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Scaling

Scale What Matters

Concentrate resources on the profitable core and decide when acquisition supports the next stage of growth.

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People

Build the team, develop talent and align incentives.

Every day

Talent

Something to Prove

Connect hiring, development and retention to the people needed to deliver your strategy.

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Print forthcoming · December 1, 2026.

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Compensation

Coin Operated

Design pay and incentives around the business results each role can control.

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Print forthcoming · January 12, 2027.

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Deals

Mergers and acquisitions

Buy businesses, integrate acquisitions and prepare the exit.

Before you buy or sell

Private Company M&A

The Owner’s Edge

Use a disciplined process to buy businesses, build value and prepare for a stronger exit.

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Print forthcoming · November 24, 2026.

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Exit Readiness

Always Be Exiting

Build clean financials, a strong leadership bench and a business a buyer can trust.

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Private Equity M&A

Buy the Platform, Build the Exit

Buy a platform on a written thesis, make the businesses one company and prove what the next owner is buying.

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Print forthcoming · February 2, 2027.

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M&A Integration

The Integration Playbook

Connect the claims made for an acquisition with the work after closing that earns them.

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Print forthcoming · February 9, 2027.

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Private Equity Boards

How to Become a Board Member

Earn a seat on a private-equity board, then keep the board on its number from the close to the sale.

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Print forthcoming · November 24, 2026.

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Also here: The 80/20 Company — Its decision gates at Days 100, 365 and 730 test the value case.

Train for it: M&A masterclass · Profitable Growth Accelerator, Phase 4: Scale to Exit

Continuous Improvement

Make the work safer, simpler and more reliable.

Every day

80/20 Implementation

The 80/20 Company

Implement 80/20 across your company to simplify the business, release cash and fund profitable growth.

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SIOP

Nerve Center

Align sales, inventory and operations planning in one monthly plan, connected to finance.

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Print forthcoming · December 15, 2026.

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Lean

Lean That Lasts

Improve flow, remove waste and make better daily work last.

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Safety

First, Nobody Gets Hurt

Identify the work that causes serious harm, reduce risk and build safety into daily operations.

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Print forthcoming · January 19, 2027.

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Why PGOS

Complexity kills performance. Clarity drives profit.

Most companies are not short on opportunity. They are buried in complexity — too many products, too many customers, too many priorities. In almost every business, about 20 percent of the customers and products produce about 80 percent of the profit.

PGOS finds that 20 percent, puts the company behind it and strips out what starves it. Then it runs on a weekly, monthly and quarterly cadence until it is simply how the company works. No single book is the system. Together, they are.

  1. 01
    SegmentFind the hidden profit in your data.
  2. 02
    SimplifyEliminate unprofitable complexity.
  3. 03
    Zero-UpRebuild around your most valuable core.
  4. 04
    GrowExpand deliberately, with precision.

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