In Good Leaders Ask Great Questions, John Maxwell shares the art of asking questions, using them to learn and grow, connect with people, challenge yourself, improve your team, and develop better ideas. Leaders must ask questions to develop and grow, and this holds true throughout your career. The more questions
Leadership is sexy while management is kind of tough, and that’s where we get into coddling, which is managers who really don’t manage. On this episode of the Navigator podcast, Brad Dempsey, CEO at Solutions360, joins Brad Malone to discuss how these days, it takes courage to manage, and it
On today’s episode of The AV Profession, Brad Malone joins Tim Albright to discuss hiring practices and the interview questions you should be asking. Finding and retaining talent is a top priority for integrators, and as we return to the workplace, Navigate is working with many integrators that are
Do you remember the last major initiative you watched die in your organization? Did it go down with a loud crash? Or was it slowly and quietly suffocated by other competing priorities? What happened? Often, the answer is that the “whirlwind” of urgent activity required to keep things running day-to-day
In his last book, Turn the Ship Around!, (which is one of Brad Malone’s favorite books on leadership), Marquet told the incredible story of abandoning command-and-control leadership on his submarine and empowering his crew to turn the worst performing submarine to the best performer in the fleet. Now, with Leadership
The Dollarization Discipline shows organizations and marketers how to effectively communicate the economic value created by their products and services. Every day, good integration companies suffer because they create value for customers, yet they are unable to fully explain the value customers get from their solutions. Then the decision falls
In 2009, Simon Sinek started a movement to help people become more inspired at work, and in turn inspire their colleagues and customers. Since then, millions have been touched by the power of his ideas, including more than 28 million who’ve watched his TED Talk based on START WITH WHY
Management maturity is crucial, and it’s not about who’s been there the longest, it’s a skill which can and must be fostered. “I see a lot of companies where the first five guys in the van are now at the executive table, 30 years later,” says Malone. “There’s nothing wrong
When all is said and done, a lot more gets said than done. What is the antidote to this? Ruthless Consistency! The underlying premise of Ruthless Consistency is that leaders, despite good intentions, are not as committed as they need to be. According to Harvard Business Review, most studies still
Navigate Management Consulting announces that Robert Hammond has joined the firm. Robert brings more than 20 years of executive and leadership experience in the systems integration industry with a strong history of impactful and profitable change in organizations. “I have known Brad for years, both as a client and through
