Free Resources and Guides from Lean Out Method
Scale Smarter, Not Harder, and Reclaim Your Time
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 ASSESSMENTUNCOVER 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 GUIDEGAIN CLARITY ON WHAT'S WORKING & WHAT ISN'T TO SCALE FASTER
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 FRAMEWORKLISTEN TO THE PODCAST
Simplify to Scale is a show dedicated to helping business owners scale a high-impact + high-profit business they love without all the complexity and chaos that keeps them trapped in the day-to-day.
Hosted by Crista Grasso, a scaling strategist and operations alchemist, she brings decades of scaling experience to share what actually works and what's just hype.
Formerly the Lean Out Your Business Podcast, Simplify to Scale is THE show for founders and their right-hand leaders who are done with one-size-fits-all scaling advice and overnight success promises and instead want proven and practical strategies that will help simplify operations, build scalable systems, develop & lead a high performing team, amplify profits, move through the messy middle faster, and scale smarter not harder.

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
- 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.