How Simon Sinek’s ‘Infinite Game’ applies to your marketing strategy
What is the Infinite Game? The Infinite Game is a book written by Simon Sinek, based on the concept of two different types of games, finite and infinite. The first type is one that we…
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How to run a business through tough times
We’re living in unprecedented times just now. As we write this blog, we remain in quarantine lockdown, like much of the rest of the world. COVID-19 has hit the world with something so unfathomable that…
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5 Tips for How to Effectively Work From Home
Hello. My name’s Adam Carbonneau, and I’m the managing director of Take The Stairs. I’m here to give you five tips on how to effectively work from home, something that we can help you with,…
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What is operations consulting?
As an operations consultant who runs an agency that offers business, marketing and service operations consulting, I and my team are seeking to help your business in three ways: Putting together a plan to help…
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How to effectively find and pitch another business your services
Our company owner Adam Carbonneau offers a Q&A for how to effectively find and pitch another business on your services. Sometimes, as a small business consulting agency, conveying the value you bring to the table…
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How to grow your business with partnerships
I was talking recently to a prospective client about his business and where he wanted to take it. Let’s call him Bryan. Bryan has big dreams for his company: new products and services, expanding his…
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Scope creep is killing your service-based business
Owning and running a small business is hard work, no doubt about that, but it can also be deeply gratifying. In a single week, a hundred different things can happen that are fulfilling, complicated (in…
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Your business should be flexible
Adding flexibility to your business plan As operational consultants, at Take the Stairs, we know that nothing moves quite as fast as business. Whether it’s consumer tastes, technology, the competitive landscape or the economy, if…
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Your business isn’t using a PM tool?
Project management tools can improve your business If you run a small business, chances are that your ship doesn’t always sail smoothly. Your job as an owner or manager is to plan and execute projects…
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Want a successful business? You’ll need empathy.
Greater empathy could be the key to your business success My mom has a plaque on her kitchen wall that says, “Don’t judge a man until you’ve walked a mile in his moccasins”. I always…
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