by Karl Sakas | Aug 14, 2026 | Build a Stronger Team, Personal Growth & Development, Work Less Earn More
Two years ago, I accepted an unusual invitation: my town’s fire department was going to burn down a donated house as a training exercise. Several firefighters went inside, while others worked the hoses outside. Meanwhile, the battalion chief stayed back, using live...
by Karl Sakas | Jul 30, 2026 | Build a Stronger Team, Scale Your Agency, Work Less Earn More
You finally built a leadership team at your agency, by hiring (and promoting) key team members. You might have even added a Head of Operations, a COO, or a Managing Director. And yet… you keep getting pulled into decisions. You’re still the tie-breaker, or...
by Karl Sakas | Jul 22, 2026 | Build a Stronger Team, Scale Your Agency, Work Less Earn More
At a certain stage, your agency doesn’t add meetings because you love meetings. You add meetings because decisions aren’t sticking. The same topics keep coming up. Leaders need to get aligned… over and over again. People keep adding stakeholders to the invite...
by Karl Sakas | Jul 15, 2026 | Build a Stronger Team, Scale Your Agency, Work Less Earn More
I was on-site with a client to facilitate their leadership retreat. This included a morning session with the broader leadership team, a smaller executive session before lunch, and a 1:1 meeting with the owner before I flew home. In the short gap between morning...
by Karl Sakas | Jul 8, 2026 | Build a Stronger Team, Scale Your Agency, Work Less Earn More
You finally did it: you hired (or promoted) a Head of Delivery, Director of Client Services, VP of Delivery… maybe even a COO. You expected relief. But instead, things feel harder. More questions. More “Can you weigh in?” More awkward overlaps. More friction between...
