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More Shots on Goal: How Savvy Leaders Are Preparing for the Next Economy
The Luxury of Time Fallacy: The Next Economy Won’t Wait for Your Pivot
The Future is Human: A Q&A with New Navigate Partner Eileen Bartholomew
Caution: Disequilibrium Ahead in the Next Economy
Bucking the System: A Q&A with Jeff Summer, Navigate’s Newest Partner
Reinventing Healthcare Delivery: Q&A with Industry Veteran Gina Clark
Customer Centricity, Culture, and Corporate Strategy: A Q&A with Navigate Partner Melissa Dimitri
HR in the Spotlight: 4 Opportunities for CHROs to Shine
Longing to Belong: Building Better Outcomes Through Happier Employees
Similar, but Not the Same: What 2022 Means for Leadership
When the Future of Work is Uncertain, Culture Looms Large for Talent Engagement and Retention
Is Transformation Your Destination? Better Mind the Gap
The Next Talent Frontier: Stop Managing Performance, Start Investing in Strengths
10 Critical Traits for the Supply Chain Leaders of the Future
The Results Are In, The Proverbial “Office” is Out: Remote Work Survey Findings Explain Why
Remote Work and the (Renewed) Importance of Belonging
Pedal to the Metal: Accelerate Your Shift to a Patient-Centric Supply Chain
Remote Working and Your Operating Model: This Could Be the Biggest Decision You’ll Make All Year
It’s Sink or Swim for Higher Ed: A Reality Check for What Must Come Next
Non-COVID-19 Patient Needs Don’t Stop: Keeping the R&D Wheels Turning
More Than a Moment: Making Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Part of Your Company’s DNA
From Chaos to Control: New eBook Spotlights 6 Ways to Simplify Your Supply Chain
Let’s Get Visual! Going “From Now to Next” with the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce
Reevaluate, Reimagine, Reemerge: Charting Your Course Forward
Planning for Tomorrow’s Customer Experience By Starting With a Problem
We Can’t Control the Wind, But We Can Adjust the Sail: Workforce Planning in a COVID-19 World
Women in Bio: Career Advice from Industry Leaders at CSL Behring and GSK
So Long, Status Quo: Reinventing Healthcare Field Sales
So Long, Status Quo: Reinventing Healthcare Field Sales Virtually every job on the planet requires some degree of human interaction. For healthcare field sales representatives, the ability to interact—to meet one-on-one with providers, to provide critical study data,...
The Science and Art of Productive Virtual Sessions: New eBook Defines 7 Key Focus Areas for Success
"Not another virtual meeting!" If that sentiment has crossed your mind in recent days and weeks as you check your look in the mirror, find something to occupy your learn-from-home kids and shove the dog into the backyard—you're not alone. While they have certainly...
Please Proceed to the Highlighted Route: If Only It Were That Easy
“You are here.” It would be nice to have one of those giant maps that pinpoints your current location—you know, the kind that helps you navigate shopping malls and amusement parks—to illustrate exactly where we stand amidst the coronavirus chaos. To show us the best...
Sharing an Office with a Builder, and Other Tales of Flexibility
Flexibility? I’ve got this. Or so I thought. After all, I have three rambunctious boys. A major house renovation in progress. High expectations from an ever-shifting array of clients with large and complex businesses. Oh, and I do yoga. Downward dog at 6.30 AM? I’m...
Putting Worry to Work: How to Hit the Reset Button
Humans are emotional creatures. Every day, we experience an exhaustive—and often, exhausting—range of feelings, from excitement and hope to anxiety and fear. While most of us are emotionally intelligent enough to separate our personal lives from our professional ones,...
Maintaining Corporate Culture Amidst COVID-19 Chaos
There’s no denying that for most of us, “normal” has taken on a whole new meaning. Established routines, habits and old ways of working aren’t going to cut it—for businesses or individuals—as we collectively grapple with COVID-19 and the uncertainty that comes with...
Coping with COVID-19: We’re With You.
“We’re with you.” It’s what we said to our clients – and our team – today. We live and breathe by our core values here. One of them is commitment. It’s our North Star in guiding our response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The situation may be fluid, but our commitment to...
Women’s History Month Spotlight: Rachel Kane
In honor of Women's History Month, we’re excited to spotlight several of our own women leaders! Meet Rachel Kane, Life Sciences Practice Leader. Rachel leads Navigate’s business development efforts and strategic solutions for large, complex companies in the life...
Navigate Welcomes New Chief People Officer Rebecca Feinberg
We’re thrilled to introduce Navigate's new chief people officer, Rebecca Feinberg. Whether she’s talking scalable human resources strategies or holiday Hallmark movies, it’s been a pleasure to have her around. Rebecca’s unique blend of big firm exposure and small firm...
Business Transformation and The Hard Science of Corporate Culture
Culture is the lifeblood of an organization, shaping its ability to innovate, compete and engage employees and customers alike. While its explicit definition may vary from one company to the next, culture can be boiled down to the shared attitudes, goals, behaviors...
Talking it out and Taking it in: Business Leaders Connect on New Ways of Working
Giant hotel ballrooms. Black tie dress codes. Shiny plaques. Heaps of applause. And… a table of 12 for the princely sum of $10,000. This is the typical milieu for the annual CEO awards that happen in cities across the country each year. But is this indicative of the...
#NavGivesBack 2019: Volunteering with ACHIEVEability
Suits and dresses have their place, but so do t-shirts and old sneakers. We were game to don the latter – and get down to work painting and gardening – in support of ACHIEVEability for our annual #NavGivesBack service day earlier this month. Philadelphia-based...
Huddle Up: It’s Time to Turn Sales & Operations Planning into a Winning Playbook for Your Business
90%. That’s how often Sales & Operations Planning initiatives fail. At least, that was the number thrown out by execs at the LogiPharma Supply Chain conference in Philadelphia last month. Yikes. The consensus among them about integrated Sales & Operations...
Back to School and Back to Work: A+ for Ivy League Digital Transformation
It’s that time of year! College campuses are abuzz as students and faculty get back in the swing of school and work. Now, more than ever, the pressure is on higher education institutions not only to provide top quality education, but also to manage their highly...
A Little Friendly Competition: Nav Field Day 2019
There are many things that unite us at Navigate: quotes from classic movies, a great beer list at happy hour, killer service to our clients, college sports… There is, however, one thing that divides us: field day. Yes, every summer, we divide into teams, and go...
Talking the Talk: Top Execs on Transforming the Customer Experience
It’s true, strictly speaking, that our clients are leaders of some of the region’s largest companies. But their leadership roles aren’t what define them. What does define them – in our view – is their commitment to transformational change. Their understanding that...
Congratulations to 2019 ORBIE Awards Finalist Whitney Kellett
There is no doubt that the executives we work with across industries represent top-tier talent – some of the best leaders this region has to offer. It’s hard not to pass the time basking in their greatness! All joking aside, it is truly exciting for us to see that...
Supporting the Camden Community with Compass and Hopeworks
Community involvement is one of my favorite aspects of the culture here at Navigate. As a company and as individuals, we’re encouraged to pursue causes and activities that we’re passionate about. I, along with other Navigate colleagues, proudly work with the...
Highlights From the BIO International Convention 2019
Last week our team attended the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) International Convention 2019. As a prominent region in the life sciences space, Philadelphia served as an ideal location for representatives from leading biotechnology companies, academic...
How Does Daenerys’ Downfall in Game of Thrones Represent a Failure in Change Management?
WARNING: Spoilers ahead! If you have not watched the final season of Game of Thrones and plan to, I do not want to spoil anything for you! Many fans of the hit HBO show “Game of Thrones” have debated the rapid transformation, vilification, and downfall of one of the...
Choose Your Own Transformation Adventure
Gaining executive buy-in for new initiatives can be difficult but leveraging the power of good storytelling can help. Think about it: if you can sell the story of your idea to key decision makers – a story that focuses on what matters to them – then you’re more likely...
Navigate Supports Philly’s 2019 #GSJam
March 29-31 marked this year’s Global Service Jam (GSJam), a weekend-long journey into service design. This was the ninth consecutive year that groups around the world came together to create services based on a single ambiguous prompt. Navigate was a key supporter of...
Creating & Cultivating an Inclusive Workplace – A panel discussion about diversity and inclusion
On March 27th, 2019, Navigate joined partners Wawa and the Chester County Economic Development Council at Wawa’s beautiful corporate headquarters to host an encore presentation of our panel discussion, “Creating and Cultivating an Inclusive Workplace,” for over 200...
3 Ways Life Sciences Companies Can Lower Costs and Improve Financial Performance
Organizations across the life sciences industry are faced with five key pressures in 2019, including lowering costs and improving financial performance. While there are many ways to achieve these objectives, we recommend considering three proven methods: 1. Digital...
Register for the 2019 WLN Swing & Sip Series!
We invite women golfers of all levels – from “never touched a club” to “ladies club champion” – to join us for Swing & Sip. As you’re likely aware, golf is a valuable asset in business, so learning more about the game can help you in your career – and give you a...
Navigate at Philly Tech Week 2019
We’re excited to be part of Philly Tech Week 2019! We’ll be there live and in person hosting, leading, and participating in events throughout the week. Here are some of the places you’ll find us: May 7, Women in Tech Soiree The Women in Tech Soiree brings together...
Navigate Welcomes Heidi White as Head of Marketing
Regionally-focused management consulting firm adds c-level marketing leader to drive continued growth. Navigate, a management consulting firm with offices in Wayne, PA and Philadelphia, recently welcomed Heidi White as head of marketing, a newly created role...
What’s New With Navigate’s Women’s Leadership Network
Navigate’s Women’s Leadership Network (WLN) has an exciting year ahead! We’re hoping that you’ll join us at some of the events we’re hosting, sponsoring, and attending this year, as we pursue our mission to share unique learning opportunities, highlight individuals...
Lou Arace Joins Navigate as Principal
Navigate welcomes seasoned c-level executive with deep experience in customer experience and supply chain transformation. Navigate, a management consulting firm with offices in Wayne, Pa. and Philadelphia, recently welcomed Lou Arace, a seasoned executive with chief...