Strategic Training for Growing Agencies
Practical, actionable workshops and on-demand courses to help agency leaders think clearly, act decisively, and scale sustainably. Proven frameworks to strengthen operations, improve delivery, and free up your time—on your terms.
Run Your Agency Smarter—Starting Now
Our trainings are built for agency leaders navigating high-leverage moments: when delegation is breaking down, the pipeline’s too fragile, or exit conversations are starting to feel real. They’re designed to help you think clearly, act decisively, and build a business that doesn’t rely on heroic effort.
These aren’t just courses. They’re decision accelerators.
M&A Workshop
With Karl Sakas and Mike Belasco, this workshop helps you avoid expensive M&A missteps and shows how to exit with clarity, not chaos.
Lead-Gen Workshop
With Karl Sakas and Gabriel Marguglio, learn how to escape founder-dependent sales—and build a pipeline that’s durable, not desperate.
Scope Creep Workshop
Led by Karl Sakas, this training helps you protect profit, preserve trust, and finally stop scope creep from derailing your team.
Agency PM 101: Project Fundamentals Course
Tired of chaos, missed deadlines, and PM that falls on you? This on-demand course gives your team the structure to run smoother—without you in the weeds.
Agency Leadership Intensive
Strengthen your leadership team and lighten
your load. Get a custom 90-day plan, with expert
coaching and real-time support from peers
who’ve faced the same challenges.
Work Less, Earn More Bootcamp
If you’re still the safety net, it’s not scale. This bootcamp helps you reclaim time, fix what’s fragile, and start building a business that runs without you.
Agency Clarity Kit—coming soon
As your agency grows, things get more complex. The work is strong—but the systems behind it start to strain.
That’s where the Agency Clarity Kit comes in.
It’s a self-paced course to help you reinforce your foundation—so you can scale without bottlenecks, burnout, or guesswork. They’re built to help you move forward—with more clarity, and less weight on your shoulders.
If you’re serious about growing without the guesswork, this is what comes next. Want to hear when the Agency Clairty Kit goes live? Fill out the form below.
Targeted Webinars for Pressing Agency Problems
These $150 training webinars are designed for agency leaders who need practical answers—quickly. Each one addresses a specific challenge like client onboarding, content-led growth, or overdue payments.
You’ll get real-world strategies and ready-to-use tools you can apply right away—no filler, no wasted time, and no guesswork.
Create a Profitable Onboarding Process
Weak onboarding creates churn, stress, and scope issues before the project even begins. This training helps you design a consistent, scalable process that protects profit and builds trust from day one.
Agency Lead-Gen from Content Marketing
Content marketing works—if you do it right. This webinar shows how real agencies use it to generate leads consistently, without turning the founder into a full-time content machine.
Get Paid Faster: How to Handle Past-Due Clients
Late payments break trust and stall growth. This training gives you proven language, smart boundaries, and proactive strategies to get paid faster—without turning billing into a battle.
Prefer to Start with a Book?
If you’re looking to understand the bigger picture before diving into a workshop or course, Karl’s books offer that strategic foundation. They distill years of agency advising into clear frameworks and practical tools—written for leaders who want to think critically about how they grow, lead, and scale.
Each book is grounded in real-world agency experience and designed to help you build a business that runs more smoothly, earns more profit, and gives you more control.
Calm the Chaos: 10 Ways to Run a Better Agency
By Karl Sakas (2025)
As an agency leader, your to-do list never ends. With constant demands on your time, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and stuck in reactive mode.
In Calm the Chaos, I’ve distilled the top 10 priorities that will help you escape the cycle of daily fires and take back control. You’ll learn how to lead proactively, delegate effectively, and communicate in ways that actually work.
Take a deep breath as you shift from firefighter to fire marshal. Let’s put out those agency fires for good.
Buy Now: Audible | Kindle Edition | Paperback | Hardcover
Work Less, Earn More: How to Escape the Daily Grind of Agency Ownership
By Karl Sakas (2023)
Agencies are complex businesses. They have humans on all sides (owners, employees, and clients). Clients are subjectively picky. And many agency owners are “reluctant” business owners who love the industry but don’t always love being a business owner. Yet they depend on their agency as their family’s #1 or #2 financial asset.
Fortunately, you don’t have to go it alone. Work Less, Earn More gives you a step-by-step process to reclaim your work-life balance and get paid what you’re worth. When you make the right decisions, you can look forward to a brighter future.
Buy Now: Audible | Kindle Edition | Paperback | Hardcover
Made to Lead: A Pocket Guide to Managing Marketing & Creative Teams
By Karl Sakas (2016)
Managing people is tough, but it doesn’t have to be so hard! Leading and managing comes more easily to some than others, but anyone can improve—agency leaders are made, not born.
In this book, you’ll learn concrete tips to make your work easier when you lead marketing and creative teams—whether you’re an agency owner, manager, or future leader.
Buy Now: Kindle Edition | Paperback via Amazon
The In-Demand Marketing Agency: How to Use Public Speaking to Become an Agency of Choice
By Karl Sakas (2015)
Want great clients coming to you at your marketing agency, instead of having to chase after them? This book is for you! When you share useful advice from on-stage, the audience sees you as a helpful, authoritative marketing expert—not as a salesperson.
In this book, you’ll learn where to find places to speak, how to create a talk that audiences will love, what you can do to stand out from other speakers, how to improve your chances of getting follow-on business, and more.
Buy Now: Kindle Edition | Paperback via Amazon
“Karl doesn’t just hand you an answer—he helps you uncover the right solution. His process makes you grow in the way you think about your business. He asks the right questions to make you rethink things in ways you hadn’t considered before.”
—Ryan Redding, CEO, Levergy (exited 2025)
“Karl helped me see the big picture. His structured approach and deep agency knowledge gave me the confidence to move forward. It wasn’t just about growth—it was about building an agency that worked for me.”
—Linette Lao, Founder, Invisible Engines
“What I like about Karl is that he paints a realistic picture. Karl doesn’t hold back, and his advice is clear and very specific. He’s helped me make several difficult decisions. They weren’t always easy, but things always turned out as Karl predicted.”
— Mike Belasco, Former President & CEO, Inflow (exited 2023)
“Karl’s mentoring has had a huge impact on my business. He has helped sharpen my skills in many areas—business development, account management, operations, finances and more. I am forever grateful.”
–Chris Dreyer, CEO, Rankings.io
Need Guidance on What’s Next?
Whether you’re deciding where to begin or exploring group discounts for your team, fill out the form and we’ll help you choose the right path forward.