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.
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Thank you for purchasing Calm the Chaos! To help you get even more from the book, we’re sharing 3 bonus resources to help you streamline operations, improve leadership, and grow your agency with confidence:
- Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) Template — Get a structured framework to help you address employee challenges with clarity and accountability.
- Agency COO Job Description — Ready-to-customize job description to help you hire a strong second-in-command.
- Email Template: Thank your best former boss — A simple, heartfelt template to express gratitude to past mentors who’ve influenced your leadership journey.
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About the Author
Karl Sakas (@KarlSakas) helps digital agency owners ‘Work Less’ and ‘Earn More’… while rewarding their best employees. Drawing on his background in agency operations, Karl has personally advised hundreds of agencies on every inhabited continent. An international speaker, he is the author of three books—including Work Less, Earn More—and more than 450 articles on agency management. He also hosts the Agency Therapy podcast. When he’s not helping clients, Karl volunteers as a bartender on an antique train.