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Scaling a Professional Services Firm is Like Traveling to the Moon — It Isn’t Rocket Science: Part 3 – Teams of Teams of…

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Multiple rocket stages are an apt metaphor for exploring the free scaling aspects of small teams. As the number of small teams expands in the first stage, it reaches a tipping point around 7 to 9 teams where a second stage forms, requiring another small team of up to 7 to 9 team members to govern and manage the other teams. The second stage allows the professional services firm to scale to around 100 employees. To scale to around 1000 employees, a third stage of another small team is necessary to govern and manage the earlier two stages of small teams of small teams. These stages can be added iteratively so long as small teams can collaborate effectively with an overarching shared purpose with minimal friction. This is the fractal nature of layering small teams in a free scaling structure.

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The SBI Mafia and the Collective 54 Mafia: A Legacy of Professional Services Excellence

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When I was growing up, I watched my uncle, Greg Alexander, do something remarkable. He didn’t just build a successful consulting firm. He built a launchpad.
Sales Benchmark Index, SBI, started as a professional services firm dedicated to sales effectiveness. But over time, it became much more than that. It became a proving ground for ambitious professionals who would later lead and found some of the most respected firms in the consulting industry.
And yet, very few professional services firms do it well (or at all).

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Building a Personal Mission, Vision, Values, and Goals – A Life Compass

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I’ve been with Collective 54 for a little over three years now.
In that time, I’ve supported hundreds of founders and executives as they look to make more money, make scaling easier, and ultimately make an exit achievable.
Working alongside these leaders, and learning from my peers, mentors, and coaches, has felt like earning a real-world MBA. That kind of education is only possible because of the opportunities I have here.

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Your Coach Says You Suck – Here’s Why That’s a Good Thing

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Business is fast, competitive, and always evolving. Whether you’re managing a small team or running a multimillion-dollar firm, being great at your craft isn’t enough. You’ve got to lead, grow, adapt, and keep up with the speed of change in tech, talent, and expectations. And let’s be real—knowing when to pivot is just as important as knowing how.

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The First 100 Days: How Professional Services Firms Can Build Trust, Set Direction, and Accelerate Client Impact

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For consulting and professional services firms, the first 100 days of a client engagement are make-or-break. This early phase sets the foundation for everything that follows—building connection and credibility, aligning expectations, surfacing hidden risks, and accelerating results. At Empactful Advisors, we approach this critical window not as “ramp-up time,” but as a deliberate opportunity to deliver value, build trust, and shape long-term success.

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Is It Time to Replace Your Bookkeeper with AI?

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Your business is growing fast. But your bookkeeping is not keeping up. Reports are late and disjointed. Mistakes are increasing. You’re working too hard to get basic financial data. Sound familiar? Here’s what most business owners don’t realize: You may not need another bookkeeper anymore. AI can now handle many bookkeeping tasks. Instead of posting job ads and training new hires, it may be time to explore a completely different solution to your bookkeeping problems.

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Traveling Collective 54 While on a Budget – A Time Budget

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From the start, I want to acknowledge that this blog may not be for everyone in the Collective 54 family.
For some, Collective 54 is as much a part of each day as that second cup of coffee or the trip through the Business section of the Wall Street Journal. You wear your 30% annual EBITDA growth like a finely tailored suit. You have a strong and deep team behind you that lets you focus fully on scaling and your eventual successful exit.

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