How Can Integrators Engage, Enable and Execute Change? Integrators are learning that the new Revenue Recognition standard can have company-wide impacts that affect core business functions and their associated systems and data. Because so many parts of a business are … Read More
Employee engagement
Distinguish Competence from Behavior to Maximize Performance Improvement
When managing people, competence and behavior are often indistinguishable — and that’s a problem for integrators that want to maximize performance. Many managers automatically link competence and behavior together. As a result, when an employee is doing something incorrectly, … Read More
5 Tips for Retaining Top Technicians
Solutions360 often talks with integrators about the challenges of finding and retaining top technicians. In 2019, CompTIA research reported the unemployment rate for IT talent at 1.3%, which supports what a time-consuming and expensive task it can be to find … Read More
How Does Solutions360 Become Your Most Trusted Business Partner?
One of the most valuable things Solutions360 brings to the table is our deep understanding of integration businesses. Not only do we understand our customers’ businesses, we have over a decade of experience designing and implementing best practices, and the … Read More
We Challenge You to Set 5 Goals for 2020
What processes will lead to you achieving your 2020 goals? This is a guest blog post by Chris Peterson, Principal at Vector Firm. Toward the end of 2006, I was planning my goals for the following year. I realized that … Read More
Creating Culture for an Increasingly Remote Workforce
Many organizations, Solutions360 included, are moving to more of a remote workforce. Today, our CEO, Brad Dempsey, speaks with Brad Malone, Partner with Navigate Management Consulting, about some of the challenges that Solutions360 has faced while embracing remote working, and … Read More
Quality Equals Pride
by Brad Malone, Partner at Navigate Management Consulting Is there a direct linkage between the level of quality delivered within an AV systems integration project and the level of personal and organizational pride in that accomplishment? And if so – … Read More
How Do You Get Your Sales Team to Sell as-a-Service?
There has been a lot of discussion in the integration industry about the need to develop services revenue, and embrace new business models, in order to remain relevant. At InfoComm, Chad Sowers, Director of Business Development at GreatAmerica Financial Services … Read More
Leadership Buy-in is Critical for a Successful ERP Implementation
In previous blog posts, we have discussed at length, the importance of employee engagement for a successful ERP implementation. Without a doubt, it is important to get buy-in from the employees. Everyone must go in with the right attitude and … Read More
Establishing Shared Values and Ethics
by Brad Malone, MA, PMP We’ve all heard how different generations of people (baby boomers, Gen X, Gen Y) work and live differently. This sometimes causes frustration for those of one generation who must interact with those of another generation … Read More
