The Founders Calibration
For the founder who knows what to do and still can't find her next move.
How many tabs do you have open right now?
Not in your browser, in your business. The funnel you started building in March. The offer you rewrote in June. The course you bought in July because it promised the thing the last three didn't. You know how to do all of it. You've proven that. And somehow none of it is where the money is.
You don’t lack discipline.
You’re just too close to the work to see the real problem.
I spent 15 years as an engineer, and my job was figuring out why things failed. Not just patching the part that broke - getting to the root of why it broke.
In our Root Session, I'll lead you through finding your one true problem, and together we’ll build an executable plan to fix it. In the following Calibration Session, we check what's working, adjust what isn't, and make sure the fix actually holds.
“I feel like I constantly have a million moving pieces in my business, and she helped me sort through all of them and figure out what I needed to focus on first."
Natasha K., Small Business OwnerYou got to where you are by being everywhere.
You learn fast, and you always have! A new idea or a new tool or a new framework shows up and you're three modules in before lunch, because that instinct is exactly what built the business you have now. It was never the reason you're stuck.
You're stuck because every new step you take feels like progress, when really it is just motion. A tweak here, a rebrand there, a content strategy you'll test for two weeks and silently abandon, each one giving you a small hit of I did something today without ever touching the root problem that’s holding you and your business back.
You don't need another answer.
You've hired the coaches. Bought the courses. Each one promised this was the thing that would finally solve it, and each one handed you more to add, not more clarity on what actually matters.
You already know what to do. You've known for a while. What you don't know is which one thing to do first, because everything is tangled together and all of it looks urgent at once.
I'm not here to solve your problem for you. I'm here to help you see it so clearly that you can.
This is for you if:
You've bought the course… probably several.
You start strong on a plan, and lose it the second a new idea walks in.
You can point to ten things wrong with the business and still aren't sure which one is the actual root.
You've done the inner work and know what you want, but you still can't see where the business itself is stuck.
You're tired of fine-tuning and adjusting on the fly, and ready to dig in and see what needs to change.
You're ready to find out that part of the answer might be you.
You talk. Spill it all. Every symptom and every fire and every half-finished plan sitting in a Notion doc somewhere. Everything you'd normally organize into a tidy list before bringing it to someone, except here you don't have to do that first. Bring it messy. Bring everything, even the stuff buried in the back you'd rather not dig through yourself.
I take what you hand me and we dig until we find the one true problem. The root. Not the ten problems you named, but the one causing them. The thing that, if you fixed it, would make three of your other problems disappear on their own.
You leave with a plan, ready to execute. Not a list of ideas, but specific next steps, in order, with dates attached.
What happens in the Root Session?
Session Details and Investment
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Virtual or in-person.
Bring everything, messy. We sort through it together until the one true problem is clear, and you leave with specific next steps, in order, with dates attached. It's named for root cause analysis, the method I used for 15 years as an engineer to find out why things failed.
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Virtual or in-person.
A few weeks after your Root Session, you come back with the plan in motion. We check what's cleared, what's still lingering, and what needs adjusting. Between sessions, I'm tracking your progress and checking in by email, so the plan doesn't drift while real life happens.
Every Founders Calibration package comes with one Calibration Session. Additional sessions can be added on for $175 each.
$575
Every Founders Calibration includes one Root Session and one Calibration Session, because finding the problem is only half of it.
Want support through your entire plan?
The Complete Calibration
$800 ($925 value). Virtual or in-person.The Root Session plus three Calibration Sessions.
We find your root, build the plan, and then I stay with you through every step of carrying it out. For founders whose plan will take more than a few weeks, or who know they follow through best with someone checking in.
I spent 15 years as a mechanical and energy engineer, doing root cause analysis on equipment and processes. When something broke, a clear fix existed somewhere, and my job was to find it. Over time I noticed the hardest problems weren't in the machines. They were in the people and processes around them: a habit, a bottleneck, a decision loop nobody could see. I left engineering in April 2026 to work on those full time.
I call myself an energy engineer, because that's really what I'm doing. On any given day, you're working with a fixed amount of energy. Most of what's keeping you stuck isn't a lack of it. It's where it's leaking. My job is to find where yours is going, redirect it toward what moves you forward, and build your capacity so you're not running on the same fixed amount forever.
Some of what you're carrying isn't even a clear problem yet. It's a feeling that something's off, a decision that doesn't sit right, a sense about your business you haven't put into words. That instinct is data. I know how to take it seriously and turn it into something you can act on.
Meet Karli
What People Are Saying
“I loved doing the Founders Calibration. I feel like I constantly have a million moving pieces in my business, and she helped me sort through all of them and figure out what I needed to focus on first.
She also asked me questions that made me think about what was going on beneath the surface, especially with my team. We were able to get to the root of some of the things I want to change and get clear on the kind of culture I want to create within my company and with the women on my team.
And I loved leaving with an actual plan. We took everything we talked about and turned it into specific action steps with dates attached. I am someone who loves a plan and loves feeling organized, so having that structure was huge for me.
I left feeling so much clearer about what I want, what needs my attention right now, and what I need to do next. If you’re a business owner with a lot of things going on and you need someone to help you sort through all of it and figure out where your energy needs to go, I would absolutely recommend doing a Founders Calibration with her.”
— Natasha Kinner, Business Owner“Karli helped us go from going around in circles to clear, forward movement. In about 20 minutes, we accomplished more than we had been able to in hours on our own. She asked the right, targeted questions to help us identify the root of the problem, clarify our goal, and determine the steps needed to get there.
She has a real gift for cutting through the noise, getting to the heart of an issue, and helping you move forward with clarity, focus, and aligned action. I would highly recommend working with Karli if you need help problem-solving, getting clear on your goals, and turning ideas into actionable next steps. She is truly amazing at what she does!”
— Natasha Kearney, Leadership Team Member “Karli was able to take all of the ideas running through my mind, all of the thoughts that needed to land, and organized them in a way that made complete sense. And not just that, but she also created an action plan so I could narrow down my focus to exactly what would move me forward towards my goals. She really listened, asked questions, and talked with me rather than at me. I left with so much clarity and a feeling of ease that I knew exactly what I needed to do next. And I couldn't wait to get started!”
— Whitney C., Leadership Team MemberFrequently Asked Questions
Still have questions? Take a look at the FAQ or reach out anytime. When you’re ready, click below to book your Root Session.
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Good! Most founders don't. Bring the symptoms. That's where we start.
And let me tell you a secret… most times, the owners who come in with a problem in mind quickly realize there’s something else underneath it.
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The Root Session gets you the plan. It doesn't get you the accountability to actually work it. That's why at least one Calibration Session is required alongside it, because a plan with nobody checking in on it is just another idea you meant to get to.
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This is root cause analysis. We're not building your business to a generic strategy, and I’m not coming in to run your ops for you. We're finding the specific thing driving YOUR results and building a plan around it.
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Most help hands you an answer and more to add. I help you find the one problem underneath everything else, with you and your business at the same time, because the two are never actually separate.
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If more than one root problem is found, you'll leave knowing which one to solve first.
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No. Come as you are and bring it messy. You don't need to organize anything into a tidy list first. Sorting through it is part of what we do together.
The Bottom Line
You can work as hard as you want. You can be pulled in a hundred directions at once, checking things off, staying busy, staying exhausted. It still won't get you where you want to go.
Not until you sit down and dig through everything that's keeping you from where you want to be. Find the one thing under all of it, and build a plan around that instead of around a hundred different tasks.
That's the difference between motion and moving somewhere.