Karl Sakas
Growth is good… unless it gets out of control. Karl can help you manage your agency’s growing pains, with advice developed from experience guiding hundreds of agencies on every inhabited continent.
As a management consultant and executive coach, Karl has personally advised hundreds of agency owners worldwide. His clients often call him their “agency therapist.”
Through Sakas & Company, he offers custom consulting, executive coaching, and training programs and products to help agency owners “up-level” at their agency. These include his “Agency PM 101” on-demand course—for the reluctant project manager—and his “Work Less, Earn More” agency growth bootcamp—designed to help agency owners achieve their ideal work life.
Karl is a fourth-generation business owner with over 20 years of consulting experience. He’s worked as the #2 person at two digital marketing agencies and written extensively on how to run a better agency. Karl has authored over 400 articles on agency management and several books including Made to Lead: A Pocket Guide to Managing Marketing & Creative Teams.
Outside of work, Karl volunteers with USO of North Carolina and as a bartender on an antique train.
To Pod or Not to Pod? A Thoughtful Conversation on Organizational Structure
MONDAY, March 24
3:25 - 4:25 PM ET
Firms have long wrestled with finding the perfect structure to drive success. Few models have sparked as much discussion as the pod approach. At Operations Summit, we believe the answer is never black or white—it all depends on your unique circumstances.
Instead of framing the topic as a debate with winners and losers, we invite you to join us for an in-depth conversation that explores when a pod structure might be advantageous and when it may not be the right fit.
