Jim Lane is an American management consultant, educator, and author, who has contributed to the development of hundreds of family-owned and Fortune listed businesses. Lane is a former Partner in Ernst & Young Consulting and is also a leader in management education, he founded the Clinic for Professional Services Leadership at the Fisher College of Business and he has been affectionately described as “the CEO whisperer.” Lane currently serves as Founder and Managing Director of Redbank Advisors a management consulting firm.