May 18, 2020 | As the Saw Turns, Columns, Features
by Jim Obermeyer When we made it through the Great Recession ten years ago, I told myself, I never want to do that again. If you were there—and I suspect many of you were—I’m sure you had similar thoughts. But here we are. Not exactly the same, but just as potentially...
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”...
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...
Sep 4, 2018 | As the Saw Turns, Features
by Jim Obermeyer Last month my son drove from his home in Nashville, Tenn., to Destin, Fla., pulling his 22-foot boat behind his truck. When he arrived in Florida and was preparing to launch the boat he noticed that the cushion for the back seat–which ran across the...
