The SOL Collective is an elite community for Right Hand Leaders and Consultants who advise and support founders to successfully and sustainably scale their businesses.
The future of operations is strategic...
Elevate Yourself from Right Hand Leader or Advisor to Strategy and Operations Leader (SOL)
With the ever-increasing reliance on AI to automate operational activities, the role of an Operational Leader is changing. Become the in-demand and indispensable Strategy + Operations Leader (SOL) that small business founders are searching for.
Become a strategic leader who understands how to balance sustainable and scalable growth with operational efficiency.
As someone who serves as the right-hand to a founder, whether in an operational leadership role or as a strategic advisor, your role is the bridge between the founder's big bold vision and goals and delivering the results they want.
While incredibly valuable and fulfilling, this role is also incredibly challenging.
As part of the SOL Collective, you’ll enhance your ability to manage up and down in the business, effectively set expectations, handle challenging situations, and lead the business to scalable and sustainable success.
You'll also become what we call a "Visionary Whisperer", able to effectively work with a founder as both a challenge-partner and strategic possibility-partner. This critical blend will set you apart from other right-hand leaders and advisors.
Here's What's Included in the SOL Collective
Monthly Strategic Leadership Workshops
Led by Crista Grasso and occasional guest experts, each month is a live workshop on strategic leadership on topics such as:
- Strategic Thinking
- Ecosystems Thinking
- Lean and Agile Thinking
- Leading High Impact Change
- Leading Through the Messy Middle
- Communicating Up & Down in a Business
- Strategic Problem Solving and Decision Making
- Building Strong Visionary + Right-Hand Relationships
- Becoming a "Visionary Whisperer" and Speaking Visionary
- Translating Abstract Vision & Ideas into Concrete Plans & Actions
Monthly AI for Scalable Ops Workshops
Led by Jessica Maine and occasional guest experts, each month is a live AI workshop to help you stay on top of the latest advancements and capabilities so you can best support your clients and lead your own business more efficiently and effectively. Topics focus on turning AI into a strategic asset for scalable operations and helping you differentiate yourself and your services.
High-Value Systems and Templates Every Month
Each month you get access to ready-to-implement systems and templates related to that month's live workshop topics. Plus, you get instant access to a vault of past workshops and templates including:
- Getting Results in High Change Environments
- Leadership Under Pressure: Shifting from Being Reactive to Responsive
- Creating a Culture of Inspired Ownership
- Unlocking a High-Performing Team
- Ecosystems Thinking: Identifying Root Causes
- Simplifying Marketing Through Discovery
- How AI Disrupts Strategy and Operations (In a Good Way!)
- Leveraging AI to Build Systems and SOPs
- Simplifying Marketing Through Strategic Use of AI
High Caliber and Supportive Community
Build relationships with and mastermind with other right-hand strategy and operations leaders so you always have a trusted network of peers to collaboratively support and bounce ideas and challenges off of one another.
We believe in collaboration over competition and that we all uplevel when we support one another.
SOL Collective is for those inside our Scalable Ops Manager and Chief Strategy and Operating Officer Certification Programs and by application only - so you can be confident you'll be with other high caliber leaders and advisors at your level.
Support from the Strategic Ops Institute Team
In addition to a supportive community of other operational leaders and strategists, you also get support from the Strategic Ops Institute team.
We regularly share insights and answer questions in the community, pulling from our extensive experiences as COOs, CMOs, and Business Strategists and our in-depth knowledge of building, growing, and scaling small businesses.
We believe in keeping things lean and giving you everything you need and nothing that you don't.
This is not some overstuffed program with numerous calls and content you don't have time for.
Everything we deliver is high-value, high-impact, and low-time commitment. You get 2 live workshops, new templates and tools, and endless support each month!
Who the SOL Collective is For
There are 2 Ways to Join SOL Collective
Until now, the only way to join SOL Collective was through joining one of our certification programs.
Option 1: Automatically get access when you get certified as a Scalable Ops Manager or Chief Strategy & Operating Officer
Option 2 (New!): Apply now to secure one of only 100 spaces
Frequently Asked Questions
Is SOL Collective a 12-month commitment?
What are the payment options?
When are the monthly workshops?
What's the time commitment each week?
Meet Crista Grasso, Founder of Strategic Ops Institute
Crista is a scaling and operations strategist and creator of the Lean Scaling System™
With over 30 years of experience in strategy and operations, Crista has supported thousands of businesses to scale more sustainably, profitably, and with less complexity.
She’s known for helping founders get out of the day-to-day operations and for helping experienced operators become the strategic partner every founder wants and every small to mid-sized business needs.
Crista has built multiple 7-figure businesses of her own and has spent decades advising fast-growing small businesses and Fortune 500 companies alike.
She knows firsthand what it takes to evolve from a high-performing doer to a trusted advisor and right-hand leader responsible for the success and scale of the business.
Her work (and this community) is rooted in real-world experience and designed for those who lead the work and shape the future of a business from the inside out.
Crista leads the monthly Strategic Leadership Workshops inside SOL Collective.
Meet Jessica D. Maine, Leader of the SOL Collective
Jessica is the Chief Strategy & Operating Officer (CSOO) at Strategic Ops Institute
Jessica is a seasoned strategist, coach, and consultant who has a passion for optimization, empowerment, and sustainable growth, bringing a human-first approach to her work.
She privately mentors everyone who gets certified as a Scalable Ops Manager or Chief Strategy and Operating Officer and she also leads the SOL Collective.
With over 15 years of experience in executive leadership, management, and consulting across various industries, she has a deep understanding of the driving forces behind success and the cultivation of authentic professional relationships.
She believes that the key lies in connecting genuinely with the people you serve through effective communication and a profound comprehension of their needs. She strives to make a difference not just as a business leader but as a human being committed to equity and fairness.
Jessica leads the monthly AI for Scalable Ops Workshops inside SOL Collective.
Why Join? Here Are Some of the Benefits
Blend strategy with operations to differentiate yourself from other Ops Leaders and be more in-demand
Get strategies to simplify, systematize and scale your own services as you scale your clients' businesses
Invest in yourself by committing the time to uplevel your skills, your confidence, and your connections
Have a safe space to ask questions and get support when you need it from others who've been-there-done-that
Here's a Reminder of Everything That's Included in SOL Collective