Free Live Workshop
The CEO Mandate
Join Bill Canady to a live working session for CEOs carrying a number they haven't yet turned into a plan. In 60 minutes, you'll see how to lock the three things that decide your outcome — your board, your team, and your number — and you'll run your own deal's math, live.
Attend live and we'll mail you a hardcover copy of The Rule of Three.
The reality today
The rules changed.
The margin for error is zero.
7 yrs
Hold periods have stretched to nearly seven years. You'll be in the seat a long time — and the middle is where CEOs get lost.
< 6 mos
Your window to establish credibility with your sponsor. You have to get on line fast.
90 days
To align your board and team on one reconciled operating plan. Miss it and you're out of time.
70%+
of PE-backed CEOs are replaced before exit. Statistically, you're more likely to be fired than to cash out.
The CEO Mandate
Time to write your own rules.
How to build a board-ready operating plan in six weeks.
When the rules change, the operators who win write their own. Over six weeks you build one document that aligns your number, your board, and your team — signed, defended, and ready for implementation.
And we run YOUR numbers — live.
Bring your real figures. In the room we'll compute the exit EBITDA your target return actually requires — so you leave knowing the gap you're really closing.
The bigger picture
The CEO Mandate is Gate 1 of FORGE.
FORGE is Bill Canady's complete operating system for PE-backed CEOs — the playbook for scaling operations and manufacturing EBITDA, from goal all the way to execution. The Mandate is the first gate: lock your number, your bridge, and your team. Get that gate right and the rest of the system has a foundation to stand on — get it wrong, and you never reach the others.
01
THE MANDATE
Goal locked, capability audited, bridge reconciled — weeks 1–6. This is the masterclass.
02
THE STRATEGY
80/20 the business around the critical few that fund the plan.
03
THE STRUCTURE
Rule of Three leadership: Visionary · Prophet · Operator.
04
THE EXECuTION
PDCA loops and OODA velocity — the operating rhythm at speed.
Meet Your Host
Bill Canady
Global CEO and chairman who has delivered $3B+ in shareholder value.
Bill understands the exact language of your sponsors, the dynamics of your boardroom, and the friction on your shop floor. He speaks to you as an equal, operator-to-operator.
30+ years of global Leadership
$3b+ in shareholder value
author of the rule of three
Learn More About Bill →
FREE For attendees
Show up live — we'll mail you the book.
Every CEO who attends the workshop gets a hardcover copy of The Rule of Three, Bill's new book — shipped to your door. You'll claim it at the end of the session.
Built for sitting CEOs and Presidents — PE-backed, privately held, or publicly traded. Pick the date that works and reserve your seat.