E91 | What's Needed for Effective Business Strategy

This is part four of our four-part series on what it takes to sustainably scale your business. We've been breaking down and reviewing the strategy, planning, systems, and team that it takes for simple sustainable scaling!    In today’s episode of the Lean Out Yout Business Podcast, we're going to pull everything together. And we're going to talk about the strategy piece of this, which helps you to know that you are working on the right things! So I am going to share with you the puzzle analogy that you've probably heard me talk about before, and explain to you how this analogy can be implemented into your business reality!   Topics discussed:   (2:25) - The puzzle analogy (5:52) - Do less to achieve more(7:38) - The difference between a business model and an operating model (10:55) - Your business vision (14:27) - Sneak peek from the reimagine retreat (15:28) - 5th pillar - qualitative and quantitative measures Work with Crista: Want to learn more about working with Crista and the Lean Out Method team to simplify and scale your business? Explore our limited series podcast Do Less, Scale Faster and learn more about our services and hear from our clients what it's like to work with us. https://www.leanoutmethod.com/scalingpodcast   Want to join Crista and a group of high-achieving entrepreneurs IN PERSON to take yourself and your business to the next level this year? Join us for our luxury VIP retreat and mastermind experience. https://www.leanoutmethod.com/retreat   Ready to eliminate complexity from your business and scale to multiple-7+ figures in simple and sustainable ways? Apply to join us inside the Simplify to Scale Business Accelerator, a transformation group-mentorship experience for successful entrepreneurs ready to transform their business into a self-run company that's no longer dependent on them to scale. https://www.leanoutmethod.com/scale   Love this podcast? Then you'll want to join the Simplify and Scale Society, Crista's private FB community where she hosts a live training + Q&A every week. https://www.facebook.com/groups/leanoutcircle