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  • WBJ names the 2018 Best of Business Award winners

    Brad Kane January 8, 2018

    If you're looking for good companies and organizations to help your business prosper, we recommend you take a look at this list.

    Brad Kane January 8, 2018
  • Best Employee Services in 2018

    January 8, 2018

    Where are the best business schools or financial planning services? Our readers voted.

    January 8, 2018
  • Webster Five wants $1B the right way

    Brad Kane January 8, 2018

    Donald Doyle took over leadership of Webster Five in May 2016, looking to transition the community mutual bank into the future. This March, the company is set to celebrate its 150th anniversary while it prepares for a time when most of its assets

    Brad Kane January 8, 2018
  • Discovery Museum, MathWorks renew STEM partnership

    Grant Welker January 4, 2018

    The Discovery Museum in Acton and Natick's MathWorks have renewed their long-running program bringing STEM education to classrooms across the region.

    Grant Welker January 4, 2018
  • Worcester consulting firm acquired by NYC company

    Zachary Comeau January 4, 2018

    A private New York City consulting firm has acquired Worcester employee benefits consulting firm Touchstone Consulting Group.

    Zachary Comeau January 4, 2018
  • Framingham State gets $1.5M grant for teacher training

    January 3, 2018

    Framingham State University has received a $1.5-million federal grant to train 50 area teachers on teaching students English as a second language.

    January 3, 2018
  • Worcester getting $327K for pharmacy tech training

    Grant Welker January 3, 2018

    The City of Worcester and the Central Massachusetts Workforce Investment Board are receiving about $327,000 in state funding for a program training pharmacy technicians.

    Grant Welker January 3, 2018
  • GAAHMA CEO joines Mount Wachusett Board of Trustees

    Emily Micucci January 3, 2018

    Tracy L. Hutchinson has joined the Mount Wachusett Community College (MWCC) Board of Trustees.

    Emily Micucci January 3, 2018
  • WPI researchers develop 'sperm sorting' device

    January 3, 2018

    A group of researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Stanford University have developed a device that selects faster, healthier sperm to be used during in vitro fertilization.

    January 3, 2018
  • Can freezing eggs freeze time?

    Susan Shalhoub December 28, 2017

    There are more local options for women when it comes to issues of timing, such as the retrieval, freezing and preservation of ovarian eggs for later fertilization.

    Susan Shalhoub December 28, 2017
  • Framingham State president joins immigration alliance

    Grant Welker December 28, 2017

    Framingham State University President Javier Cevallos has joined a nationwide alliance of college presidents calling on Congress to pass legislation protecting students who are so-called Dreamers.

    Grant Welker December 28, 2017
  • Secretary of State urges LLC caution

    State House News Service December 27, 2017

    Hoping to cash in on the new federal tax law, some Bay State workers have shown a growing interest in forming limited liability companies in time for the tax year that starts Monday, but a top state official is urging them to look before they LLC.

    State House News Service December 27, 2017
  • YOU, Inc. names two VPs as company shifts

    December 26, 2017

    To better align the company for industry shifts, Worcester-based non-profit child welfare company Youth Opportunities Upheld, Inc. (YOU) has appointed two vice presidents.

    December 26, 2017
  • Drive and passion will carry Central Mass. forward in 2018

    December 25, 2017

    Worcester Business Journal's annual Economic Forecast issue gives us a chance to take a step back and reflect on everything that happened in the past year, which we use to predict what will come for the Central Massachusetts business community in

    December 25, 2017
  • Central Mass. colleges will face funding, recruiting challenges in 2018

    Grant Welker December 25, 2017

    Smaller campuses may struggle with declining interest from international students, and colleges will have to work to find the right balance between speech rights and harmful actions.

    Grant Welker December 25, 2017
  • Biomanufacturing, recreational cannabis and beer will highlight a big year for manufacturing

    Zachary Comeau December 25, 2017

    Although biomanufacturing has been a bit slow to take hold in the region, there's only optimism for the budding industry.

    Zachary Comeau December 25, 2017

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Has your company created pathways for women, people of color and other minorities to advance to more senior positions?
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While shifting cultural norms in the business community have found hiring managers outwardly working toward hiring a more diverse staff, studies in the last few years by organizations like McKinsey & Co. and Regent University found women and people of color are promoted less frequently than their white male counterparts. This produces a dynamic where company leadership at many organizations remains dominated by white males even as the company's employees become more diversified.