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Management by Talking Around

Management by Talking Around

Management By Walking Talking Around   “Just the act of listening means more than you can imagine to most employees.” ~ Bob Nelson   ‘Our employees are our greatest asset,’ is a popular phrase in today’s workplace. And as business leaders, it is critically important to recognize that our people

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Patrick Britton joins Navigate

Patrick Britton Joins Navigate Management Consulting

Navigate Management Consulting announces that Patrick Britton has joined the firm Patrick Britton has 25 years of experience in the audiovisual and visual communications industry, working for large and small systems integrators in roles covering all facets of the industry from sales to Project Management to General Manager and CEO.

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The Missing Strategic Imperative

The Missing Strategic Imperative

What is the strategic imperative for your integration business?   In the first two parts of this blog series, Joel Harris talked about how strategic planning is essential for your integration business, and it is an activity that integrators should engage in every year. Today, we continue this conversation with

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Integrators should conduct strategic planning every year

Integrators Should Conduct Strategic Planning Every Year

In Part I of this blog series, we talked about how strategic planning is essential for your integration business. Today, we take that discussion a step further to explain why integrators should conduct strategic planning every year. Many times, we don’t start planning for adverse events until they appear, or

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strategic planning is essential for your integration business

Strategic Planning Is Essential for Your Integration Business

What is your excuse for not having a living, actionable, updated strategic plan?    We accept the wisdom of the ages that planning for the future is important, yet many of us are reluctant to invest the time, energy and resources into planning for our business success. Strategic planning is

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Robert Hammond Joins Navigate Management Consulting

Robert Hammond Joins Navigate Management Consulting

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

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Are Your Project Managers Asking the Right Questions?

Are Your Project Managers Asking the Right Questions?

Most integrators are not asking the right questions. Often, when inquiring after the status of a project, people ask one or two questions: “How much is done?” and/or “Are we on schedule and on budget?” To which the replies are invariably: “Almost done, don’t worry” and/or “On time and on

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Joel Harris Joins Navigate

Joel Harris Joins Navigate Management Consulting

Navigate Management Consulting announces that Joel Harris has joined the firm. Joel brings more than 25 years of experience in executive and leadership positions in systems integration businesses where he has a proven track record of successfully leading, designing, implementing, and executing organizational transformation as well as efficiency-driven improvements.   Joel

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Establishing core values and ethics

Establishing Core Values and Ethics

Back By Popular Demand: Establishing Core Values and Ethics is one of Brad Malone’s ‘most read’ pieces of content of all time. Although it was written several years ago, this article remains every bit as relevant today.   We have all heard how different generations of people (baby boomers, Gen

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Forecasting Sales from New Order History

Forecasting Sales from Your New Order History

In Parts 1 and 2 of this series on forecasting, Joel Harris details three critical KPIs to help integrators predict future results, followed by how to forecast revenue from your monthly backlog. In this final installment we unlock the predictive value of your new order history.   Does your project

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