Lesley Weidenbener: CEOs share wisdom at IBJ awards event
My favorite parts of the CEO of the Year and C-Suite Awards event were conversations that Nate, Managing Editor Samm Quinn and I had with the CEO of the Year winners.
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Lesley Weidenbener: Our ‘angel tree’ aims to help nonprofits
IBJ’s Wish List doesn’t focus on money. It focuses on things. We ask nonprofits to tell us what they need in terms of goods and services. And we’ll start running their requests in our Dec. 5 issue.
IBJ’s 2025 Executive Gift Guide
Welcome to the IBJ newsroom’s second annual Executive Gift Guide, a list that we hope will help you find the perfect thing for someone important in your life.
Hirons CEO talks crisis communications, female leadership and AI
Deana Haworth has been able to combine her passion for helping clients tell their stories with the entrepreneurial skills she learned watching and working with her parents.
Lesley Weidenbener: It’s OK if fear is a motivation for taking on new challenges
“I would venture to say that every Woman of Influence—from the past through the current class—will tell you that there’s been a moment of weakness, that they’ve cried their selves to sleep, that there is a time when it was frustrating and it didn’t work,” said Mentorship Award winner Anne Hathaway. “And I know I still go through that.”
Lesley Weidenbener: Give me your ideas for the 2025 gift list
We want to showcase interesting gifts that might not have been on your radar, items that could be perfect for that hard-to-please person in your life. And we want to support Indiana people and businesses that make and sell things.
Takeaways from the forensic audit of the IEDC, Elevate Ventures and other related entities
The report details findings related to the Indiana Economic Development Corp., the Indiana Economic Development Foundation, the LEAP District, Elevate Ventures and the Applied Research Institute.
Lesley Weidenbener: On the coast, comics and the stocks page
Zeke H. Dick, a third-grader who lives in Indianapolis, suggested that IBJ start running a comic strip. We’d love to hear all of your suggestions.
Lesley Weidenbener: ‘I’ve had to give up fear’
“Fear is tiring, it’s draining, it’s expensive, it’s a barrier to creativity, and it hinders the connecting of people. Yes, fear can also act as a guide, a vehicle even for honoring our creator and even a natural protectant,” she continued. “But I’m talking about the fear that prevents collective progress.”
Q&A: Attorney Fernanda Beraldi’s jewelry store passion project has roots in her native Brazil
Since acquiring Windsor Jewelry with a partner, Beraldi has dived headfirst into the business—meeting with designers, making many of the design decisions for the space and helping to choose the collections that will be featured.
Lesley Weidenbener: Congrats to nonprofits; now it’s time to nominate C-suite leaders
IBJ is accepting nominations now for our CEO of the Year and C-Suite Awards. We are looking for the region’s most impactful corporate leaders, regardless of their titles.
Parkview Health plans $200M hospital, office building in West Lafayette
Parkview said the hospital would be roughly 200,000 square feet, accommodate up to 40 inpatient beds and offer a 24/7 emergency department.
WNBA Live offers Legends Game, autographs and lots of chances to shoot hoops
Indiana’s Miss Basketball, Maya Makalusky, a rising freshman forward for Indiana University, was among the current and former Indiana stars who played in the Legends Game at the Indiana Convention Center.
Lesley Weidenbener: I’m feeling emotional about All-Star Weekend
It’s the same emotion I felt 25 years ago when the Indiana Fever launched. It seems crazy to think about now, but at the time, the idea that women had a professional basketball league seemed unreal to me.
Lesley Weidenbener: RIP to reader unafraid to give me a little hell
Tim Harmon cared about IBJ. He read the paper religiously, and he had very strong opinions about what he found there. On several occasions he let me know what he thought.
Photos: Fans flock to downtown for NBA Finals
More than 12,000 people were expected to attend a Game 7 watch party at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
2025 Corporate 100: Vera Bradley seeks to reinvigorate brand with new materials, silhouettes
Chief Marketing Officer Alison Hiatt explains the rebranding strategy and explains what has been working as the company tries to recover from lagging sales.
Lesley Weidenbener: IBJ covers sports? Yep, as a business story.
Sports is big business. Our stories are about sports as tourism and entertainment and economic drivers. They’re about development and advertising, about how sports can help attract a company’s headquarters or create opportunities for business leaders to connect.
Q&A with Robert Shegog: Recorder documents Black community’s ‘victories, struggles and contributions’
Robert Shegog became CEO of Recorder Media Group in 2018 and has focused on building the 130-year-old news organization’s multimedia platforms and strengthening partnerships with civic, nonprofit and corporate organizations across the city and state.
Lesley Weidenbener: Where should IBJ put reporting staff?
Trying to get all the things we care about assigned to a reporter who has enough time to cover them is increasingly difficult.