We specialize in getting the founder out of the day-to-day operations and finding a right-hand person they can trust.
Which best describes you:
Why the more you grow, the more trapped you feel
You've built something successful that so few business owners are able to do. So why does it still feel like pushing a boulder up a mountain sometimes?!?
Breaking through $1M, then $3M, then $7M or more... each level requires you to completely rewrite how you run, grow, and lead your business.
This is the messy middle of scaling from 7 - 8+ figures.
And it can make success feel like a trap.
Because you find yourself working harder at $3M than you did at $300K.
Because it feels like even more is dependent on you.
Because you realize you traded 'doing it all' for 'fixing it all'.
Because you're still making every decision - including ones your team should own.
Because you wake up at 3am mentally troubleshooting problems and fixing issues that shouldn't be yours to solve.
And because the business feels like a complex beast that could fall apart at any moment.
You've already proven you can grow your business.
The problem is that you also grew complexity, expenses, and dependency on you.
So you hired. You systematized.
You implemented every tool and framework that promised freedom and results.
So how is it that you feel even more trapped now than when you started?
Here's what's really happening
You're unknowingly following a playbook that wasn't designed for you.
Most of what small businesses are taught come from strategies massive companies followed decades ago.
Strategies that are both outdated and built for organizations with thousands of people and glacial decision-making.
That's not your reality.
You're running an agile, fast-moving service business. You need to pivot on Tuesday and implement by Thursday.
You need a team who takes ownership, not one that waits for permission.
You need strategies that balance long-term sustainability with short-term results.
You need systems designed for simplicity and scale, not fragmented solutions.
You need the leadership and ecosystem that makes it possible to step out of the day to day without anything crumbling.
And you need things to be lean - maximum value and minimum waste - so you can scale profit and impact without scaling issues, complexity, and expenses.
What you really need is a scaling system built specifically for businesses like yours.
The Lean Scaling System™:
Built for founder freedom, not only business growth
Say goodbye to overly-complex, resource-intensive, and outdated approaches to scaling. The Lean Scaling System™ is comprised of 3 pillars with 9 interconnected engines that make scaling simple + sustainable.
Three pillars working together as one scaling ecosystem
SUSTAINABLE SUCCESS
Lead a high-performing and self-led team who thinks like owners with planning cadences that bring vision and goals to reality without burning everyone out.
OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE
Simplify, streamline, systematize, and stabilize how you run and grow your business, amplifying results without adding unnecessary resources and expense.
SCALABLE GROWTH
Turn how you attract, nurture, and convert leads into a repeatable growth engine that delivers an exceptional client experience, better retention, and referrals.Â
We partner with you to ensure you have the right strategies, planning, systems, team, insight and leadership (SPSTI) so everything isn't dependent on you.
Say goodbye to making every decision, putting out every fire, herding all the cats, and being everything to everyone.
What it looks like when you get it right
“I'm bringing in 17 times more revenue than before, onboarding new clients every month, and also hired to help me continue to scale even more."Â
"90% of my clients renewed for another year! Crista helped me grow my team and implement simple systems that allow me to get my life back.”
"We grew our revenue over 60%. If you want to grow your business in a sustained systematic way, and not burn yourself out, we highly recommend Lean Scaling.”
"I've already saved more than 10 hours a week, which is huge. That’s a day's worth of work so that I can focus on the things that I need to as the CEO of my company."
Hi, I'm Crista Grasso, Founder of Lean Scaling Co and Strategic Ops Institute
I've spent more than 3 decades helping businesses scale in simple and sustainable ways - from the largest Fortune 500 companies in the world, to service providers, coaches, consultants, and online experts like you.Â
Here's what I discovered working with the Fortune 500 giants - they were able to evolve from a rigid, old school business approach to a more modern lean and agile model.
And yet most small to mid-sized businesses are still following the overly complicated and antiquated models that originated in those huge corporations many decades ago... and they don't even realize it.
That's why I created the Lean Scaling System™.
Today, I specialize in working with service-based businesses to implement a complete ecosystem for scaling success. One that allows you to elevate your focus to thought leadership and legacy work instead of constantly putting out fires and feeling stuck in the day-to-day.
It's time to do business differently and scale in a lean way that is simple, sustainable, and designed for the unique challenges faced by high-growth and rapidly changing small businesses in the messy middle.Â
You want to be able to say:
"I run a lean eff-ing business."
Eff-ing = efficient, of course ;)
Ways to Partner Together
Every business is different. We start every engagement with an assessment to understand your unique needs and recommended implementation path.
There are 2 ways to implement the Lean Scaling System:
1. We'll Work Closely Together to Implement With or For You
Get ready to Simplify to Scale your business in our signature program with done-with-you and completely done-for-you options. Consider us your strategic partner who helps you make it as simple as possible to successfully and sustainably scale your business and extract yourself from the weeds.
Explore Partnership Options2. We'll Mentor and Certify You or Your Team to Implement
Let us train and certify your team, or learn how to simplify scaling yourself. You'll get the full Lean Scaling System, implementation playbooks, and hands-on mentorship to personalize your implementation approach. Licensing is also available if you work with other businesses.
Learn About Training & Certification
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A show dedicated to helping you scale a high-profit and high-impact business you love without the endless hustle and complexity that keeps you trapped in the day to day.Â
Tune in for expert insights to help you work smarter not harder, scale sustainably, reclaim your time, and simplify your operations.
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