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Hello, my name is Dave Nave. For the past 40 years, I've enjoyed helping people build a well-structured and efficient organization by balancing technical, human, and managerial perspectives.

People describe me as a natural teacher, coach, and mentor with a sharp instinct for explaining complex ideas and theories in clear, simple English that makes them relevant.

I would be honored to be your guide to the next level of you.

We Help Build Your Capability

Gain clarity, confidence, and direction

Build the discipline to think clearly, make better decisions, and solve problems yourself

New insights that compound over your career

Holistic Improvement
Cooperation and Harmony
Integrate & Balance
Business Structure
Management
Theory to Practice
Management
Coach
  • Transform, not distort current systems
  • Beyond ‘just-do-it’ to think for yourself
  • Leave you with a future
Strategy
Deployment
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Align and synchronize leadership while enhancing relationships

Create meaning, understanding, and full engagement

Individual
Workshops
  • Project Framing
    (3-days)
  • Detailed Team Study
    (5-days)
  • Mgmt Theory & Practice
    (3-days)
Deming
Coach

Bring a proven management approach alive in your organization

Engagement Process

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Discovery
Meeting

What are you looking to achieve?
How will you feel when you've achieved it?

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Exploration

Unbiased, outside view
of the existing situation.

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Create
A Plan

Together, plan the change necessary to reach your goal.

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Execute and
Deploy

Iterative execution. Keeping focus on the big picture, progress, and results.

Who We Are

Our experience has taught us that each situation is unique and there are usually two critical factors: human and business. We use a balanced approach to develop solutions that best fit your situation and prepare you for the future.

About your guide

Dave Nave Profile (PDF)

Dave, I so much appreciate you and how you helped me over the last few years. Your guidance creating a matrix connecting our goals to objectives to strategies to initiatives was pivotal. In addition, your practical guidance for a defined work structure, and other efforts, helped us move to a more mature organization.
Terry Ortynsky, Owner
Terry Ortynsky's Royal Auto Group
You’ve already taught me some of the best lessons! I expect as time moves forward that I’ll learn more fundamental ideas that help propel the organization forward as ONE unit.
- Keep everything in the open (you never know what you’ll find)
- Keep everything simple (you want everyone to understand it)
Jacob Brown, COO
Airspares
As an assistant director of staff development, we were running three shifts and our turnover rate was about 500%. We were always, always doing new employee orientation.

I would have liked to have known about you, because you could have helped me avoid a lot of mistakes.
Jan Triplett, Ph.D., CEO
Business Success Center
Dave was instrumental in refining the organizations process flows into manageable and understandable packages.

He was also instrumental in developing Engagement models for how we interact with other organizations, and Process models for how we handle our internal business.
Ralph Boy, Boeing, 787 Lead
Customer Introduction Group
If I had ten people like Dave, I would run this company!
Bill Lareau Ph.D., Director,
General Dynamics, Missiles & Electronics Group
Dave reviewed the manuscript of my book The Leader's Handbook. It was the most thorough review I received. His comments on the context was insightful and his questions were tough. I incorporated almost every suggestion he offered and my book benefited from it.
Peter Scholtes, Author "The Leader's Handbook"

How We've Helped Others

For Owners

Where you want more confidence, predictability, and trust in how your organization operates

For Sellers

Where you have identified that company value would increase after accelerated improvement effort

For Buyers

Where the new owner has a vision for the company and wants a smooth and rapid transition

Grow and advance your organization using new thinking and approach
- Use internationally proven management theory and practice (PDF)

Gain confidence in your team project, so you can focus on other issues
- Leverage context before creating action plans – Project Framing (PDF)

See situations where a better balance and Integration within the business structure would be of significant benefit to the overall enterprise?
– Partner with a guide through the journey (PDF)

How do well-intentioned, intelligent people create outcomes no one expected or wants
– A dynamic simulation of managing in a complex situation, aka ‘The Beer Game’ (PDF)

Create your own best practices customized for the needs of your organization
– Partner with an advisor to produce better results (PDF)

Gain confidence in executing and deploying team projects with outside guidance and coaching (PDF)

Learn how work in your organization is really accomplished, with team understanding and improvement charters
- One Day Process Triage (PDF)

Guide future success using a framework
– A few proven examples (PDF)