Unlock $5M of Growth and $1M+ in Net Profit. Without the Business Breaking As You Scale
We help $3M to $15M+ consulting and service firms uncover the growth opportunities hiding in their current business - without adding complexity, burning out your team, or making the founder the bottleneck again.
Mandi Ellefson
Founder, Hands-Off CEO
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MEET MANDI ELLEFSON
400+ CEOs have used this to unlock growth they couldn't see from the inside.
Mandi Ellefson and the Hands‑Off CEO team have spent over a decade working with consulting firms, agencies, and service businesses worldwide - helping them fix the gap that keeps deals stuck and CEOs trapped in sales.
She wrote the book on it. The Hands‑Off CEO lays out the Power of 1s Formula™, the Irresistible Offer, and Vision Selling - the same tools behind the results on this page.
400+
Consulting firms helped to scale
$50M+
in added revenue through this process
2-5X
Average fee increase
SIGNS YOUR FIRM IS READY FOR THIS:
You’re growing. But something’s not adding up.
Revenue is moving in the right direction. But margins are thin, the wrong deals keep coming in, and you’re still the one holding everything together. The business is growing, but not in a way that’s building toward anything.
Stuck landing lower-value deals than you should
You’re winning work, but not consistently the right work. The engagements that should be flowing to you aren’t. Instead you’re closing deals that are harder to deliver and less profitable than they look.
Margins, delivery, or capacity under strain
Growth is happening, but it’s not clean. Every new client adds pressure. The team is stretched. Delivery is getting harder to maintain. And the economics aren’t improving the way they should at this revenue level.
Owner still in sales, delivery, and key decisions
Despite the team you’ve built, the business still depends on you in ways it shouldn’t. Deals need you to close. Delivery needs you to oversee. Decisions need your sign-off. The ceiling is you.
You’ve invested in growth before, it didn’t stick
You’re winning work, but not consistently the right work. The engagements that should be flowing to you aren’t. Instead you’re closing deals that are harder to deliver and less profitable than they look.
Real results
Here's what it's looked like for consulting firms that started where you are now.
"Last year I had gross revenue around $600,000. Working with Hands-Off CEO this year we reached $2.1 million. Pretty happy with 3.5x growth."
UPDATE: "We are now over $4 million in annual sales in 3 years. We acquired a second business and just added $100k of new profit."
"We've just secured our two largest clients ever!
This represents a 353% increase over our previous average monthly retainer."
"We closed another deal Friday and are now over $44K ahead of all we booked last year (and it's only March!). I'm currently delivering only 40% of the revenue. Now we're even selling retainers into the six figures."
"Being part of Scale to Freedom helped us double our agency in 7 months. Becoming a Hands-Off CEO has been bliss! I now 100% trust my team — and that happened during one of the most challenging personal times of my life."
"2020 was a total sh*t show. For our agency, it's been transformative in many ways. Working with Hands-Off CEO has been one of the key reasons. If you have an agency that you are looking to scale to six-figure/month (and well beyond), I would have a chat with Mandi or her team."
"I found $87,600 extra profit in my business from just the first session.
Now I have more time to keep growing my business and I'm getting my weekends back."
"We now command fees that are 10X higher than before.
Clients are now paying into the mid 6 figures for our services.”
GO DEEPER WITH HANDS-OFF CEO
Explore before you ever work with us.
If you want to go deeper on your own time, here are a few ways to do it.
Hands-Off CEO Podcast
120+ episodes on scaling a consulting firm that runs without you — with client stories, live coaching, and deep dives into the 5 Exits.
YouTube Channel
Short, practical videos on freeing yourself from delivery, tightening your offer, and leading a results-driven team.
The Hands-Off CEO Book
My step-by-step playbook for tripling your fees and scaling an exceptional consulting agency that grows without you. Start with the free chapter and scalability checklist in the CEO Toolkit.
