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Partners Forever: What to Do When 50-50 Owners No Longer Get Along

When 50-50 business partners stop getting along, the business is usually the first casualty. Here is how to preserve value and separate cleanly.

John LaneMarch 25, 2021
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My Very First Business Management Lesson: Know What Your Customers Actually Want

A frozen pie company on the shores of Lake Michigan taught John Lane a lesson about customer needs that still holds up 55 years later.

John LaneFebruary 20, 2021
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It's Groundhog Day: A Lesson for Companies in Distress

Showing up every day and putting out fires is the easy path. Saving a distressed business takes the hard decisions most executives keep avoiding.

John LaneFebruary 2, 2021
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Nancy Terrill Honored with TMA Ohio Lifetime Achievement Award

TMA Ohio presented Inglewood partner Nancy Terrill with its Lifetime Achievement Award for nearly four decades in turnaround and restructuring.

Nancy Terrill, CTPJanuary 31, 2019
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Business Policies and Procedures: It's All About Perspective

A misdelivered Amazon package and a close-up of a shipping label show why business policies and procedures fail without perspective and shared purpose.

InglewoodOctober 1, 2018
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The Briefest of Management Philosophies

John Lane on why the best management philosophy fits in four words: life is too short. A simple rule that brings clarity to hard decisions.

John LaneSeptember 21, 2018
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How to Ensure Project Success: Implement a Project Management Office Approach (Part 2)

Part 2 of our PMO series: what the project management office approach entails, and how it turns around projects that are over budget and behind schedule.

InglewoodSeptember 9, 2018
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How to Ensure Project Success: Implement a Project Management Office Approach (Part 1)

What a project management office is, why projects fail without one, and the three roles a PMO can play in your organization. Part 1 of 2.

InglewoodAugust 28, 2018
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Inglewood Completes Executive Compensation Review for Plastics Manufacturer

Inglewood completed an executive compensation and performance review for a privately held plastics manufacturer, with succession and strategic planning recommendations.

InglewoodApril 4, 2014