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February 18, 2019
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The Boardroom Gap: Central Mass. businesses slightly improve inclusion of women in leadership

Grant Welker

Women continue to be vastly outnumbered by men at Central Mass. public companies, though improvement has been found in some areas.

  • The Rainmaker
    The Rainmaker

    How you listen impacts sales success

    Ken Cook

    Listening well is a foundational tenet for sales success. Therefore, being cognizant of how we listen is critical because it profoundly impacts conversations, relationships and results.

  • Opinion
    Opinion

    Women of color must lead by example

    Melanie Bonsu

    While the political arena offers a glimmer of hope, it's a fleeting one as the business world still shows little progress for women of color.

  • Editorial
    Editorial

    Our first Women in Leadership edition

    Rather than focus solely on one report, WBJ decided to look more wholly at trends surrounding women in positions of power and launched our first ever Women in Leadership edition.

  • Shop Talk
    Shop Talk

    Spinelli struck out on her own to build a woman-owned CPA firm

    Karen Spinelli left Robert C. Alario Certified Public Accountants to start her own accounting firm, launching one of the certified woman-owned CPA firms in Worcester.

  • Advice
    Advice

    Common misconceptions of the pass-through deduction

    Michael Duffy

    Even though the U.S. Tax Cut and Jobs Act is more than a year old, businesses are still scrambling to figure out how the so-called pass-through deduction is supposed to work.

  • Advice
    Advice

    101: Facilitate learning

    Susan Shalhoub

    Successful companies encourage employee learning. Too often, education and professional development focuses only on top-tier employees, which is a mistake,

  • Advice
    Advice

    10 Things I Know About ... Serving on nonprofit boards

    Jessica Morris

    Show up. Regularly attend board and committee meetings to ensure you are a known presence and well informed of the operations.

  • Editorial
    Editorial

    Time to start paying attention to education reform

    Education reform is not a topic readily coming to mind when businesses start lobbying the Massachusetts legislature for change.

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Today's Poll

How would you grade Gov. Maura Healey’s support of Central Massachusetts businesses in her tenure thus far?
Poll Description

More than one year has passed since Gov. Maura Healey was sworn in as the 73rd governor of Massachusetts. Since then, Healey has spoken extensively about her commitment to attracting, retaining, and growing business in the state. To accomplish that goal, Healey and her administration have proposed and enacted several initiatives, including granting Central Massachusetts manufacturing businesses $600,000, allocating $458,000 to businesses training the disabled workforce, and most notably, filing the $3.5-billion Mass Leads Act aimed at bolstering the state’s life sciences, climatetech, and applied artificial intelligence industries. 

At the same time, the Central Massachusetts Business Confidence Index dropped to 45.9 in April, the second lowest score in the index's history, reflecting declined views regarding the region's economic outlook.

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