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Advice

  • Central Mass. HEALTH - Fall 2020

    It’s time for the mindfulness of mindset!

    Bob Martel Updated: August 24, 2020

    Is it me, or have people just given in to the chaos? Have they lost their mind(set)?

    Bob Martel Updated: August 24, 2020
  • Central Mass. HEALTH - Fall 2020

    Leadership in the COVID crisis and beyond

    Stanley H. Davis and Kelley Small Updated: August 24, 2020

    Proven expertise in organization, technical or functional leadership is important but no longer enough. Today’s leaders must possess the background and acumen to lead in a pandemic-driven environment.

    Stanley H. Davis and Kelley Small Updated: August 24, 2020
  • know how

    Creative strategies to generate liquidity

    Ryan M. Kittredge Updated: August 17, 2020

    This year has brought a sharp slowdown in business revenue and record unemployment claims from systemic layoffs.

    Ryan M. Kittredge Updated: August 17, 2020
  • outside the box

    Upstanders are company culture champions!

    Bonnie J. Walker Updated: August 17, 2020

    If you see something, say something and do something!

    Bonnie J. Walker Updated: August 17, 2020
  • 101

    101: Virtual hiring

    Susan Shalhoub Updated: August 17, 2020

    Some Central Massachusetts companies have been hiring employees remotely – with the application, interview and onboarding process done online – all along. COVID-19 has prompted many more to take up the practice.

    Susan Shalhoub Updated: August 17, 2020
  • 10 things

    10 Things I Know About... Leadership in a crisis

    Laura DiBenedetto Updated: August 17, 2020

    Change may not be a choice, but how we respond is.

    Laura DiBenedetto Updated: August 17, 2020
  • 101

    101: Performance metrics

    Susan Shalhoub Updated: August 3, 2020

    Employee performance metrics are values tracking how a team member is performing for a company. Data points can vary, of course, depending on the industry and position. And some metrics are easier to quantify than others, especially when it comes to

    Susan Shalhoub Updated: August 3, 2020
  • 10 things

    10 Things I know about ... Committing to standing against racism

    Maritza Cruz Updated: August 3, 2020

    There are two pandemics ravaging our nation, COVID-19 and the ongoing pandemic of racism. Both have devastated the lives of people of color and affected local economies.

    Maritza Cruz Updated: August 3, 2020
  • Know how

    Offsetting payroll taxes with R&D credits

    Alan Osmolowski Updated: August 3, 2020

    While tax reform at the end of 2017, often referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, introduced many new changes for businesses, the research-and-development tax credit provides a way to reduce tax liabilities, often saving companies hundreds of

    Alan Osmolowski Updated: August 3, 2020
  • The hustle is real

    Allen Iverson guided me into post-COVID happiness

    Renee Diaz Updated: July 6, 2020

    Growing up, my favorite basketball player was Allen Iverson. He was a rough and tough point guard whose skills and grit I idolized.

    Renee Diaz Updated: July 6, 2020
  • 101

    101: Employee surveys

    Susan Shalhoub Updated: July 6, 2020

    Companies may see these as treacherous times to conduct employee surveys, with challenges due to COVID-19 precautions, reduced workforce numbers and supply-chain disruptions.

    Susan Shalhoub Updated: July 6, 2020
  • 10 things

    10 Things I know about ... How companies respond to George Floyd's killing

    AiVi Nguyen Updated: July 6, 2020

    If the existence of systemic racism was not evident to you before 2020, the killing of George Floyd by the police and the staggering disproportionate number of people of color dying from COVID-19 should leave no question. Acknowledge it. 

    AiVi Nguyen Updated: July 6, 2020
  • Know how

    Should you ditch your CMO for a CGO?

    Kham Inthirath Updated: July 6, 2020

    If you stay up to date on business news, you might have heard of a new job in town: the chief growth officer. Companies like Hershey’s and Kellog’s are integrating this role into their corporate teams, and Coca-Cola even replaced its chief marketing

    Kham Inthirath Updated: July 6, 2020
  • 10 Things

    10 Things I know about ... Building relationships during a pandemic

    Lysa Miller Updated: June 22, 2020

    Reviewing your clients and contacts helps promote their business and shows them you really care enough to contribute (maybe they’ll do the same for you). 

    Lysa Miller Updated: June 22, 2020
  • Know How

    Don’t choose a family member to manage your estate plan

    Melissa A. Maranda Updated: June 22, 2020

    It’s a scenario straight out of a movie: An oldest adult child is named the trustee or personal representative of a parent’s trust or will and before you know it, the whole family is fighting over everything from money to property to funeral

    Melissa A. Maranda Updated: June 22, 2020
  • Outside the box

    What will you do going forward?

    Bonnie J. Walker Updated: June 22, 2020

    I’m tired of racism. I’m tired of it on a personal micro level, and I’m seething at the truth of its existence embedded within every macro-structure of our country.

    Bonnie J. Walker Updated: June 22, 2020