Feb 17, 2020 | As the Saw Turns, Columns, Features
by Jim Obermeyer Time for a bit of a rant: I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the value of relationships in our industry—building and maintaining strong client relationships to build a business. More and more we are faced with responding to RFPs where we never get...
Dec 2, 2019 | As the Saw Turns, Columns, Features
by Jim Obermeyer I recently attended a leadership session led by one of my favorite speakers on the topic. In this session he was talking about how leaders must learn to lead in all directions – “up” (those you report to); “down” (those who report to you); “around”...
Sep 30, 2019 | As the Saw Turns, Columns, Features
by Jim Obermeyer Think back to some of the people you have met over the course of your lifetime. And think for a moment about how you met them. Was it purely a matter of circumstance that you were actually in the same place at the same time and then met that person?...
Jul 29, 2019 | As the Saw Turns, Columns, Features
by Jim Obermeyer If you’ve read this column more than several times in the past, you probably know that a favorite part of my job is being on the show floor. There are a lot of reasons I say that. All of the work that all of our teams—those inside our company and...
Jun 3, 2019 | As the Saw Turns, Columns, Features
by Jim Obermeyer While wandering the aisles of EXHIBITORLIVE on the last afternoon of the show, I stopped by the ECN booth and was chatting with Don, Jeanne and Tom. At one point, Jeanne asked for clarification on the title of this column: was it “As The Saw Turns” or...
Feb 11, 2019 | As the Saw Turns, Columns, Features
by Jim Obermeyer My mom and dad bought their first–and only–home in 1955. A ’50s era three-bedroom brick ranch home. A home where my brother and I were born and raised. A home where many memories were made. And a home where much of the stuff of those memories still...
