Bill Canady

Bill Canady is CEO of Arrowhead Engineered Products, Chairman of OTC Industrial Technologies, and founder of The 80/20 Institute. He has spent three decades leading industrial and distribution businesses and helping operators apply the Profitable Growth Operating System.

His work on leadership and profitable growth includes The 80/20 CEO, The Rule of Three, Earn the Right to Win, The Art of Making Honey, The Strategy Management Process, and The Strategy Deployment Process. The two Strategy books connect building a plan the team owns with the owners, measures, and review rhythm needed to deliver it. Companion Field Guides put the methods to work.

Canady hosts The 1000-Day CEO podcast. A United States Navy veteran, he holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He writes for leaders responsible for delivering results in situations they did not create.