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2023 Business Leaders of the Year
The five 2023 Business Leaders of the Year all share one trait, which has led to their success: love.
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Focus On Business Leaders of the YearBusiness Leaders of the Year: Hylton provides dignity in mental health services
Isabel TehanAt Jennifer Hylton’s Counseling & Assessment Clinic of Worcester, word choice matters.
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Focus On Business Leaders of the YearBusiness Leaders of the Year: Klein never stopped growing Greenwood
Kevin KoczwaraDavid Klein started Greenwood Industries in the hopes of working with his dad. Now, the roofing and contracting company is one of the biggest in the country.
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Focus On Business Leaders of the YearBusiness Leaders of the Year: Cormier has grown her mother’s natural food legacy
Isabel TehanWhen the cafe at Roots Natural Food opened on Valentine’s Day 2023, after shuttering for the entirety of the coronavirus pandemic, it was a reopening with intention.
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Focus On Business Leaders of the YearBusiness Leaders of the Year: Champagne is the godfather of cold spray
Kevin KoczwaraVictor Champagne has always been a planner. The 60-year-old additive manufacturing lead of the U.S. Army Research Laboratory went into engineering because it was a practical choice.
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WBJ Hall of FameWBJ Hall of Fame: Alden nearly doubled the size of Bay State Savings Bank
Livia GershonWhen he was growing up in New Hampshire, Peter Alden’s dad was a banker, but he didn’t start out wanting to follow in the family business.
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WBJ Hall of FameWBJ Hall of Fame: Nosike pioneered cultural competency in health care
Isabel TehanNosike opened her business, Acclaim Home Health Care, in 2005 after an initial career as a physical therapist in England and her home country of Nigeria.
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WBJ Hall of FameWBJ Hall of Fame: Shepherd built up two cornerstones of the Worcester community
Emily MicucciShepherd leads the former Shepherd & Goldstein (rebranded to S&G in light of the pair’s eventual retirement) on a reduced schedule of 40 hours per week alongside his new co-managing partner, Matthew Allison.
Fallon Health CEO and president to retire
Isabel TehanRichard Burke, the president and CEO of Fallon Health, is retiring from his role at the end of the year.
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AdviceDon’t compromise quality, no matter the cost
Renee DiazThe past three years of business have been less than ideal.
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Advice10 Things I know about ... ChatGPT
Michelle DroletChatGPT is a language model developed by OpenAI, a research organization dedicated to creating and promoting friendly artificial intelligence (AI).
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101: Job abandonment
Susan ShalhoubIt’s called job abandonment, and it happens more often in shift work. In addition to causing concern for their welfare, from an HR standpoint, it calls for careful handling in case of litigation.
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AdviceThe office is not just a physical place. It’s a state of mind!
Mark AgostinelliThe coronavirus pandemic brought about an immediate shift to working from home, and it was fantastic. That said, over the longer term, professionals will suffer from not spending most of their time in an office.
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OpinionA Thousand Words: UMass vs. UMass
Ramón L. SandovalA legal battle is being fought between UMass Chan Medical School and UMass Memorial Health over millions of dollars from UMass Memorial’s 2019 sale of its stake in Shields Health Solutions to Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.
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OpinionViewpoint: Collaboration is key in strengthening the workforce across Mass.
Roy NascimentoSince employers are struggling to find skilled labor, the North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce this year published a study focusing on workforce growth barriers, especially those related to geography, skills, and work-life balance.
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Editorial: Growing opportunities in a growing region
From 2010 to 2020, the population of Central Massachusetts grew 8.1%, outpacing both the state and national averages, while closing in on nearly 1.3 million people throughout Worcester County and the MetroWest region. While all that change has caused some headaches, like a lack of affordable housing, it has created plenty of opportunities.
Movers & Shakers for March 6, 2023
People are on the move at the Family Health Center of Worcester, AdCare Hospital in Worcester, the Worcester law firm Bowditch & Dewey, the Estate Preservation Law Offices, MutualOne Bank in Framingham, Framingham State University, and UMass Memorial Health in Worcester.
