by Todd Hagopian | Sep 30, 2026 | Leadership
1. Count your own constraint first 2. Log how long a decision takes 3. Pull four years of margin by product family 4. Write down what actually has to change 5. Ask who inside has the standing to change it 6. Ask what is genuinely missing 7. Scope only what is left 8....
by Todd Hagopian | Sep 30, 2026 | Leadership
The one question the choice turns on The situation we will run through all three The turnaround consultant The interim executive The fractional COO What each one costs you in authority Running the situation through all three When the consultant is the right answer...
by Todd Hagopian | Sep 30, 2026 | Leadership
Winner by split decision (3–2): Kevin Ryan. Mark Vadon decisively won the flash-sale battle — better model, bigger exit, perfect timing. Ryan won the war: a deeper portfolio, a wider vision, and companies that are still alive. Two serial founders, two prestige...
by Todd Hagopian | Sep 29, 2026 | Leadership
Turnaround consulting has no published price and there is a structural reason for that, which is worth understanding before you ask anyone for a number. Almost every figure you can find about what this work costs was published by somebody who sells it, and the ones...
by Todd Hagopian | Sep 29, 2026 | Leadership
What does this article cover? Three reasons not to book me What is the track record? What actually happens in the room? What does it cost? What should you ask me before booking? When am I the right call? Who should this article send away? Where does this break down?...
