If you’re ambitious and goal-oriented, you probably like to see yourself progressing each year, getting ever closer to your next achievement. However, unexpected blocks can certainly put a damper on things. How do you get around these obstacles? When your progress is tested, what actions can you take to get back on track? We spoke with business consultant Crista Grasso about the proactive steps you can take.
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Crista Grasso is an international lean and agile business consultant to Fortune 50 multi-billion dollar businesses, strategic advisor to 6 – 8 figure small businesses and entrepreneurs, and creator of the Lean Out Method®, 90-Day Lean Out Planner, and the Lean Business Scaling System™. She is also the host of the Lean Out Your Business Podcast where she shares her top strategies to simplify and scale a business.
Crista has been helping businesses achieve accelerated and sustainable results and increased profitability for more than two decades. Known as the “Business Optimizer”, Crista has the ability to quickly cut through the noise and focus on optimizing the core things that will make the biggest impact to simplify and scale a business. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business and holds several lean, agile, change management, and program management certifications. Crista is often described as high energy, super passionate, and very practical – you won’t get a lot of fluff or hype.
To begin our discussion, Crista shares some of her background. She describes how she got into business and how she began helping major businesses achieve their goals. Part of her success comes from the process she developed: the Lean Out Method®. What is that and how does it work? Crista describes the fundamentals of the Lean Out Method and how she helps her clients using this process.
Like all of us, Crista has faced her share of setbacks. She reveals some of the internal and external obstacles she overcame, as well as the kinds of unexpected blocks she helps her clients work around. With the right perspective and process, we can succeed despite the odds!
We end our conversation with Crista’s top actionable tip to get started now.
Listen to our discussion with Crista for more on acing your progress tests:
To learn more, check out Crista Grasso’s official website for Lean Out Method. Also be sure to tune into her Lean Out Your Business podcast. You can get a free sustainable scaling assessment here. And of course, connect with Crista on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
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