How Karen Reyburn Fired 15 People to Save Her Own Agency

The Accounting Leads Now Podcast

The Accounting Leads Now Podcast
How Karen Reyburn Fired 15 People to Save Her Own Agency
Sep 10, 2026 Season 5 Episode 90
James Donovan

You built the team. Delegated everything. Followed all the advice.

And somehow you're more miserable than when you started.

Episode #90: Karen Reyburn built a marketing agency for accountants up to 21 full-time employees. Then she cut it down to six. Not because business was bad. Because she was sacrificing her health, her finances, and her own goals to keep everyone else happy.

In this episode, Karen walks through the exact moment she realized the team wasn't the problem, she was. The leading indicators she ignored for years. And why she now believes "20 seconds of courage" is the difference between staying stuck and actually changing your business.

You'll walk away with:

  • The profit trends most firm owners never check
  • How to spot resentment before it wrecks your business
  • Why living out your real goal (even something as specific as buying a house on an island) can rebuild your entire pricing model

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