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CEO Mindset

You know that feeling. Your day starts with good intentions and a clear plan. Then the emails start flooding in. A client needs something “ASAP.” Your team member has an “emergency.” That proposal deadline got moved up. Before you know it, you’re bouncing from fire to fire, completely derailed from what you actually planned to […]

How Reacting to Every Urgent Thing Hurts Your Business

Many businesses have carefully crafted value statements with powerful words like “Integrity,” “Excellence,” and “Innovation.” These values look impressive on office walls and company websites, but often they don’t translate into everyday decision-making. When business values remain abstract concepts rather than practical guides, they can’t fulfill their purpose. And if your business values aren’t actively […]

How to Make Your Values Actually Work in Your Business

You’ve built your business from nothing. Every process, every system, every client relationship has your fingerprints all over it. When someone asks how you do what you do, you might laugh and say, “I just figure it out as I go.” And that approach has gotten you this far. But there’s a problem lurking beneath […]

You’ve done it. You’ve reached that exciting milestone in your business where you can finally afford to hire help. You’re ready to delegate, scale, and focus on the parts of your business that light you up. But what happens when that hire becomes a liability instead of an asset? The Real Cost of the Wrong […]

Bad Hires Cost You Money: How to Build a Team That Helps You Make More

Running an agency comes with its fair share of challenges, and without careful planning, it’s easy to fall into traps that can hinder your growth. From mismanaging client expectations to inefficient workflows, the common pitfalls for agency owners can be costly. In this post, we’ll dive into the most frequent mistakes agency owners make—and how […]

Common Pitfalls of Agency Owners: How to Avoid the Traps That Stunt Growth

It’s Monday morning, and you open your inbox to find that a client has just pulled out of a major project. Or worse, your agency’s website goes down during a high-stakes launch. Business disasters like these are inevitable. We’ve all been there – that stomach-dropping moment when something goes terribly wrong. Your heart races, your […]

Most toxic leaders aren’t TRYING to be toxic. In fact, they likely don’t realize they’re being toxic at all. This is what makes toxic leadership so insidious – it often stems from good intentions gone awry. The passionate founder who wants excellence might slip into perfectionism. The detail-oriented leader might unintentionally become controlling. The visionary […]

Toxic Leadership Traits: Recognizing and Overcoming Them

Let’s get real for a minute. Running an agency is hard. Like, really hard. You started this thing because you’re amazing at what you do, but now you’re drowning in team drama, client fires, and endless revisions. And maybe you’re wondering if you’re even cut out for this whole agency thing. Here’s the truth: That […]

Is Your Agency Actually Broken, or Do You Just Need to Level Up Your Leadership?

Ever catch yourself fixing work you’re already paying someone else to do? Or maybe you’re double-checking everything because it feels faster than explaining it again? I see you, and I’ve got some real talk about what this is actually costing you. The Numbers Don’t Lie (But They Might Hurt a Little) Let me share some […]

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