Lane on Coolumbus…Jazz, Food and Wine

January 31, 2012 by Jim Lane

New is cool.  But so are decades of predictable excellence.  That’s what I was privileged to experience at the Refectory Jazz Night Saturday, January 28, 2012.  My sister, Bobbi Fisher, and her husband Fred treated my wife, Trel, and me [...]

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Group Think Re-Invented

January 26, 2012 by Darci Congrove

Fifteen years ago, I remember my supervisor counseling me that in order to progress in my career, it was going to be important to develop my own individual thoughts, and to be able to articulate my positions and arguments effectively. [...]

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2012 is shaping up to be a good year

January 26, 2012 by Wade Kozich

I wanted to share a few of my observations about what I am hearing and reading. So far, the economic news has been very solid. Equity markets are up close to 5% . While I would not say we are [...]

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2012: Anxious Optimism in State Taxes

January 26, 2012 by Judd Ballard

Looking forward to 2012?  Let’s hope so.  Everyone is capable of finding a reason or two to ring in the New Year.  It would be stating the obvious to assume Ohio State football, the Columbus Blue Jackets, and Senate Bill [...]

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Why Contractors Fail – Knowing your Costs

January 16, 2012 by Bob Biehl

As discussed in my last two posts, the past few years have been a nightmare for the construction industry.  Companies are going out of business left & right; and competition for what little work that is out there has been [...]

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Top 3 leadership qualities from an associate’s perspective

January 16, 2012 by Mary Stucke

Working under a multitude of bosses gives any associate a wonderful opportunity: the chance to witness what qualities make management successful which then provides the knowledge to develop your own leadership style in order to grow professionally.  As an associate [...]

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Case Update…The red-soled shoe saga continues (this also in, I still love shoes!)

January 14, 2012 by Rebekah Smith

While nothing has changed about my love for shoes since my last post (although I have added a couple of pairs of great boots to weather the Ohio winter in style) there has been a new, and interesting development in [...]

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GBQ’s Most Popular Blogs of 2011

January 12, 2012 by Sara Robertson

As we enter 2012, I decided to take a look back at the most popular GBQueue blog posts of 2011. The following 10 posts kept you busy reading last year. I hope you enjoy taking a look back (or catching [...]

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Lane on…Sales and Personality

January 10, 2012 by Jim Lane

I have been enjoying HBR’s Most Popular Blogs of 2011.  The list includes the 11 most popular blog posts on HBR from last year, and in one case forever.  Steve Martin, the sales development guy, not the comedian, says there [...]

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Lane on…Silverman on Cover Letters

January 8, 2012 by Jim Lane

Many of you will have read HBR’s best of blog posts which include David Silverman’s comments on cover letters which amount to “don’t bother”, almost.  Before I even got to the body I wanted to like his post.  When I [...]

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