Free Resources and Guides from Lean Out Method

Scale Smarter, Not Harder, and Reclaim Your Time

UNCOVER HIDDEN TIME AND PROFIT IN YOUR BUSINESS

Download our proprietary waste guide to uncover which of the top 10 most common areas of waste are causing you to leave massive amounts of time and money on the table.

GET THE WASTE GUIDE

GAIN CLARITY ON WHAT'S WORKING & WHAT ISN'T TO SCALE YOUR BUSINESS

Our CHuCK framework helps you simplify making decisions on where to best focus your precious time, money & energy so you are clear on what matters most and what you can say 'no' or 'not now' to and get time back in your week.

GET THE CHUCK FRAMEWORK

GET OFF THE HUSTLE HAMSTER WHEEL AND DO LESS TO ACHIEVE MORE

Doing less to achieve more isn't hype, but it does require you to shift the way you work. Our Do Less Guide shows you the system and structure needed to "lean out" the things that cause you to overwork and enable you to become a lean mean successful and scalable business machine. 

GET THE DO LESS GUIDE

SCALE SMARTER NOT HARDER ASSESSMENT

Discover how simple, sustainable, and scalable your business is and how to get more time back in your week while increasing profitability and impact. This is a comprehensive and in-depth assessment for those serious about scaling.  Get your coffee ready and dive in!

TAKE THE SCALE SMARTER ASSESSMENT

FOR YOUR RIGHT HAND LEADER: UPLEVEL TO STRATEGIC OPS LEADER

Our free ops assessment provides in depth strategies and resources to help your right hand leader in your business become more strategic and capable of getting you out of the day to day operations while they lead scaling your business. 

SEND YOUR RIGHT HAND THE OPS ASSESSMENT

TOP 100 WAYS TO LEVERAGE AI TO SIMPLIFY & SCALE

Download our free guide on the top 100 ways you can leverage AI to simplify and scale a business.
Start saving time and money right away and become an AI-Enabled Business!

GET THE AI GUIDE

LISTEN TO THE PODCAST

The Lean Out Your Business Podcast is 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. 

Hosted by Crista Grasso who has spent more than 2 decades helping businesses scale in simple and sustainable ways and adopt lean and agile ways of working - from the largest Fortune 50 companies in the world, to coaches, consultants, and service-based business owners and agencies.

Tune in for expert insights to help you work smarter not harder, scale sustainably, reclaim your time, & simplify your operations.

Curious which tools we recommend most often to our clients and community?

Here are the tools we can't live without and that we use to run both of our businesses, Lean Out Method and Strategic Ops Institute:

  • Monday.com* for work, project, and system management
  • Miro for everything brainstorming and ideation!
  • Notion* for our playbooks
  • Kajabi* for website, courses, coaching, and content
  • Go High Level* for websites, courses, coaching, and content, especially for SAAS offerings
  • Circle* for communities
  • Gusto* for payroll & W2s / 1009s (domestic and international)
  • Wise* for international payments outside Gusto
  • Novo* for Business Banking (and Reserve Accounts following the Profit First model)
  • ScoreApp* for assessments and quizzes
  • SmarterQueue* for social media scheduling

*Some of these are affiliate links, marked with an asterisk, however we only recommend tools that we personally use and trust. Click here to learn more about our affiliate disclaimer.

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