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Women continue to be vastly outnumbered by men at Central Mass. public companies, though improvement has been found in some areas.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Successful companies encourage employee learning. Too often, education and professional development focuses only on top-tier employees, which is a mistake,
Show up. Regularly attend board and committee meetings to ensure you are a known presence and well informed of the operations.
Education reform is not a topic readily coming to mind when businesses start lobbying the Massachusetts legislature for change.
On March 19, a judge ruled the showdown between the Massachusetts attorney general and the Town of Milton will go before the full Supreme Judicial Court in October. The dispute is over the MBTA Communities Act, which requires cities and towns near T service to adopt zoning allowing multifamily housing by right in certain areas. Some Massachusetts local governments, including Holden, have pushed back against the requirement, saying such zoning doesn't fit in their communities.
Gov. Maura Healey and Attorney General Andrea Campbell have cracked down on non-compliant communities with lawsuits and by reducing state funding, as part of a larger effort to address the statewide affordable housing crisis. The MBTA Communities Act is one of a handful of laws designed to increase housing construction by having at least one zoning district of reasonable size where multifamily housing is permitted.
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Worcester Business Journal presents a special commemorative edition celebrating the 300th anniversary of the city of Worcester. This landmark publication covers the city and region’s rich history of growth and innovation.
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