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101: Virtual hiring
Updated: August 17, 2020Some 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.
Updated: August 17, 2020 
10 things10 Things I Know About... Leadership in a crisis
Updated: August 17, 2020Change may not be a choice, but how we respond is.
Updated: August 17, 2020- 101
101: Performance metrics
Updated: August 3, 2020Employee 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
Updated: August 3, 2020 
10 things10 Things I know about ... Committing to standing against racism
Updated: August 3, 2020There 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.
Updated: August 3, 2020
Know howOffsetting payroll taxes with R&D credits
Updated: August 3, 2020While 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
Updated: August 3, 2020
The hustle is realAllen Iverson guided me into post-COVID happiness
Updated: July 6, 2020Growing up, my favorite basketball player was Allen Iverson. He was a rough and tough point guard whose skills and grit I idolized.
Updated: July 6, 2020- 101
101: Employee surveys
Updated: July 6, 2020Companies may see these as treacherous times to conduct employee surveys, with challenges due to COVID-19 precautions, reduced workforce numbers and supply-chain disruptions.
Updated: July 6, 2020 
10 things10 Things I know about ... How companies respond to George Floyd's killing
Updated: July 6, 2020If 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.
Updated: July 6, 2020
Know howShould you ditch your CMO for a CGO?
Updated: July 6, 2020If 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
Updated: July 6, 2020
10 Things10 Things I know about ... Building relationships during a pandemic
Updated: June 22, 2020Reviewing 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).
Updated: June 22, 2020
Know HowDon’t choose a family member to manage your estate plan
Updated: June 22, 2020It’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
Updated: June 22, 2020
Outside the boxWhat will you do going forward?
Updated: June 22, 2020I’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.
Updated: June 22, 2020- 101
101: Making statements
Updated: June 22, 2020Whether concerning COVID-19 changes or reaction to racial issues after the death of George Floyd – a black man killed by a white Minneapolis police officer – company statements have been issued at a furious pace.
Updated: June 22, 2020 - Advice
Paycheck Protection Program: Chapter Two
June 18, 2020The Paycheck Protection Program was launched by the Small Business Administration on April 3 with much fanfare and many problems.
June 18, 2020 
AdviceDoing business in the times of Black Lives Matter movement
June 18, 2020For almost a month now, the country has seen unprecedented nation-wide rallies, silent vigils, prayer ceremonies, pow-wows, and protests, on behalf the slayed George Floyd and the countless other black and brown men and women he represents who have
June 18, 2020
Central Mass. Health - Summer 2020Family caregivers are the COVID fight front line
June 17, 2020Here in Massachusetts at least 900,000 individuals serve as healthcare’s front line before the front line, and their numbers are growing in this pandemic. Across the U.S., the total is at least 53 million.
June 17, 2020
