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The winners of the WBJ Business Leaders of the Year awards have made bold choices on the path to success.
With this year's class, the WBJ Hall of Fame now totals 10 members.
In the more than three decades Tina M. Sbrega has worked at GFA Federal Credit Union, the Gardner institution has grown by multitudes: from one location to nine, from a dozen employees to 100, and from $70 million in assets to $500 million.
It didn't take long working in a hospital as a cardiac monitor technician for Toni McGuire to find inspiration for a career in health care.
Sandy Dunn worked her way up quickly, becoming the DCU Center's executive secretary, then director of events and administration, and assistant general manager.
For someone who's had such an impact on special education services, it can be hard to believe Jeff Robinson never initially saw himself in the industry.
The businesses are typically small and minority-owned shops paying inexpensive rent. Finding a similar location with similar rent could be difficult.
Ken Bates has always enjoyed working to help those who need an extra hand or might have especially tough challenges to overcome each day.
Over the past three years, the WBJ Hall of Fame has grown to 10 members. It is supposed to be 11.
UMass Memorial is hoping to bring more family planning services to Worcester and keep couples from having to travel outside the area.
We're not even a quarter of the way through 2019, and yet it seems a whole class of business leaders have retired or announced their intentions to do so.
With the hype around the region's economic activity increasing, Manafort Brothers is looking to land more work in Central Mass., and particularly in Worcester.
The U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was rushed through the House and Senate. As a result, numerous details were not addressed, and drafting errors need correcting.
I hate being called The Queen, but in all honesty, I know it will 1) never go away, 2) could be worse, and 3) is free advertising.
Done effectively, thought leadership builds credibility and trust in your business.
Whatever the issue, managers have to deal with struggling employees who may drag down the rest of their team – and the sooner the better.
Massachusetts has the second smallest percentage of family-owned businesses in the country, according to an OnDeck analysis of the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2023 Annual Business Survey. The analysis showed 21.87% of Massachusetts businesses are family-owned.
The power of family-owned operations is found in the numbers. Research performed by Family Enterprise USA reports 74% of family-owned businesses have been operating for more than 30 years.
Even when families don’t work together running a business, many professionals hope to see their children following in their career footsteps, creating a lineage of those in the same profession and fostering the camaraderie that comes with.
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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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