Stagnation Assassin - by Todd Hagopian (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Your business is dying. Not quickly-that would force honest recognition-but slowly and comfortably. You're surrounded by leaders nodding along to the same recycled platitudes that created the problem.

Eighty percent of businesses are stagnating right now. Most leaders will read the same books, hire the same consultants, and implement the same frameworks as their competitors and wonder why they can't get ahead by running the exact same plays.

Todd Hagopian built a $3 billion plus track record across Fortune 500 turnarounds by doing the opposite of everything consultants taught him. He systematized that approach into nine weaponized frameworks, the HOT System, and field-tested them across Berkshire Hathaway, Illinois Tool Works, Whirlpool, and his own company, which he doubled in value in three years.

The Stagnation Assassin offers the complete arsenal: The 80/20-Squared that reveals how 4 percent of your business creates 64 percent of your value, the Karelin Method that delivers 5.76 times the productivity, the 3-A Method that enables fifty-two improvement projects annually instead of three to four, and the Orthodoxy-Smashing Framework that breaks the invisible rules strangling your industry.

No consultants required. No six-month studies. No Option C. You have ninety days. Optimize to death or declare war on stagnation. The war begins Monday morning.

Review Quotes

Gold Book Award - Literary Titan

Gold Stevie Award - Best Indie Podcast (based on the book)

"A brusque and powerfully worded call to combat corporate stagnation. The author's vividly rendered vision is surgically precise."-Kirkus Reviews

"Hagopian declares war on stagnation and provides the weapons to wage it."-BlueInk Review

"Hagopian writes like someone who has stood inside a burning building and has very little patience for committees debating the temperature. The book wants to shake the reader by the collar, and often, I thought it earned that urgency."-Literary Titan (5-Star Review, Gold Book Award)

"Stagnation Assassin is a 'must' for business libraries."-Midwest Book Review

"A forceful, unapologetic take on business transformation that doubles as a broader argument against playing it safe."-The Prairies Book Review

"This book gives you a practical playbook. Nothing ever changes until we tell ourselves the truth. Isn't it time you stop making excuses?"-Randy Pennington, Author of Results Rule! and Make Change Work

"A direct challenge to the consulting orthodoxy that has taught leaders to analyze longer, align broader, and act slower until the opportunity is gone. This book will not just change how you think about your business; it will change how you lead it." -Glen Parkes, 80/20 guru

"Todd exposes the comfortable delusions quietly sending companies into decline and provides the tools to face them head-on. Stagnation Assassin is a real-world playbook leaders can put into action today."-Brandon Kuykendall, 80/20 continuous improvement manager, Illinois Tool Works

"A no-holds-barred manual on how to cut the slack from a business and get it to thrive. Could hold the key to turning around an unprofitable business."-Kent Lane, IndieReader