Navigate Academy Exclusive Offer for NSCA Members

Navigate Academy Exclusive Offer for NSCA Members

What is Navigate Academy?  Navigate Academy is our online learning platform designed specifically for systems integrators and their related technology partners. This program is designed to teach your team about project management, process management, leadership, culture, and business management in one convenient place.   We have dozens of courses,

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The Value in Employee Engagement

The Value in Employee Engagement

Why is employee engagement important? According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, a record 47.4 million Americans voluntarily quit their jobs in 2021. This mass exodus from the workforce was no doubt spurred on by COVID-19. However, this trend began before the pandemic, and challenges with finding and retaining talent

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Do it right the first time with better planning and management

Why Do Something Once, When You Can Do It Twice?

How much time do you waste in your integration business? And what are the costs associated with call-backs and do-overs? Isn’t it better to do it right, ONCE? On this month’s episode of the Navigator, Brad Malone is joined by our own Robert Hammond to discuss how one of the

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NextGen Leadership Development

We Need More Leaders Focused on NextGen Leadership Development

In the midst of The Great Resignation, we need more people in leadership positions that are focused on growing and developing the people underneath them. On this episode of the Navigator, Brad Malone is joined by Craig Jacobus to talk about the reward-based leadership versus responsibility-based leadership. What is the

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perform to standards

What Happens When Employees Do Not Perform to Standards?

Welcome to The Navigator, our monthly video series dedicated to helping integrators achieve better business results. On this episode, Brad Malone is joined by Brad Dempsey, CEO of Solutions360, to talk about performance standards and what to do when employees do not meet expectations.   A question Navigate often hears

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Build Your Leadership Team

Did You Use the Pandemic to Build Your Leadership Team?

On this episode of the Navigator, Brad Malone is joined by Brad Dempsey and Joel Harris. One of the conversations our panel has been having with integrators is, did they use the pandemic as an opportunity to increase the capabilities of their leadership team, or did they waste it? During

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forming a PMO

What Are the Benefits of Forming a PMO?

Project Management should not be about firefighting. On this episode of the Navigator, Brad Malone is joined by Tofiq Indawala, Director of Product Management at Solutions360 to continue our series of discussions on project management. Too often, we see integrators that believe the role of the Project Manager is to

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Your Technicians Are Your Brand

Your Technicians Are Your Brand!

How important do you think technicians are to an integrator’s brand?   On this episode of The Navigator, Brad Malone is joined by Brad Dempsey, CEO at Solutions360 to discuss how technicians are important to the brand of an integration company. This topic is going to be essential as we

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Are You Leading Managing or Coddling?

Are You Leading, Managing or Coddling?

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

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Does your bonus plan contribute to profitable growth?

Does Your Bonus Plan Contribute to Profitable Growth?

Navigate frequently comes across the concept of integrators using profit sharing and project-based bonuses to drive growth. On this episode of the Navigator, Brad Demspey, CEO of Solutions360 joins Brad Malone to discuss how integrators can successfuly implement financial incentives that help grow the business.   A lot of integrators

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