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When WBJ asked the nine winners of this year’s Outstanding Women in Business Awards for their advice to women in the workforce, their responses – while detailed and varied – boiled down to two things: persistence and support. Their keys to the paths of success are having the determination to overcome and the network of people to support those efforts.
Two massive industrial projects, each approximately 1 million square feet, are beginning construction in Sutton and Douglas.
Natalie Friel took the concept of getting out of one’s comfort zone to a whole new level when she worked for biotech giant Roche in Switzerland. A director of quality control for a department of 300 employees, she had to learn to speak German.
The transaction involved combining three budgets, three office properties, and numerous camp properties. Steen was the perfect person for the job.
Born in Puerto Rico and moving to Southbridge as a toddler, Elizabeth Cruz lived in Pennsylvania briefly, but has mainly been in Central Massachusetts all along. During that time, she’s made her presence known as a business leader.
City pride drives the volunteerism of Kate McEvoy, who grew up on Main South’s Beaver Street near Clark University, even when that means taking on projects she knows she shouldn’t, like the Worcester Tercentennial Celebration. It may not be her favorite community project, but it is the one of which she is most proud.
Revenues have increased by 57%. The endowment more than doubled, with full-time employees growing from 82 to nearly 130. Special event programming increased to more than $1 million a year.
As executive vice president of the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce, Karen Pelletier has had a central theme in her career: Connections.
Monica Thomas-Bonnick is a pro at packing boxes and coming into new communities. And, of course, she wouldn’t dream of not getting involved in community causes once there.
With leadership roles in a full slate of local charitable organizations, it would be a safe guess to say Diane Giampa of Bay State Savings Bank has done more than a little bit. Her calendar is full, just the way she likes it.
The hardest part for Odile Smith when she joined as vice president and Devens campus lead for Bristol Myers Squibb, a biopharma firm with $50 billion in annual revenue, wasn’t the work.
Let’s hold ourselves accountable for strengthening our EQ-i, in the same way we do other leadership competencies.
If you were like many in Central Massachusetts looking to buy a home at the start of the pandemic, you may be among the countless house hunters who were discouraged by the market.
Here are some ways to manage burnout when it happens, without anyone even noticing.
The rule is simple: The greater the cyber risk, the greater the insurance cost.
When it comes to counting members, organized labor includes those swinging golf clubs along with those swinging hammers. Dues-paying retirees are counted along with working members.
A restaurant only open for two days a week hardly seems like a model for the future of the hospitality industry, but maybe its owners realize something the rest of the world is just catching onto: Pre-pandemic life will never fully return, and it’s time for businesses to innovate in ways they may not have thought of before, embracing a changed future where they find success in new ways.
People are on the move at Milford Federal Bank, UMass Memorial Health, and more.
As part of the Thanksgiving shopping weekend, local retailers rely on Small Business Saturday to kickstart their revenues for the holiday season, as an alternative to customers looking for Black Friday deals at larger chain stores.
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