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Feb. 10, 2025
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Focus on Women in Leadership

Good with money: A new wave of female banking leaders is emerging in Central Mass.

Mica Kanner-Mascolo

In 2024, the United States celebrated the 50th anniversary of a woman’s ability to obtain a bank account without her father’s or husband’s co-signature.

  • CCC suspends whistleblower who brought attention to cannabis agency’s dysfunction

    Eric Casey

    Dube, featured in a WBJ investigation detailing dysfunction and toxicity at the CCC, has been suspended.

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    Small business struggles: Are we next?

    Renee Diaz

    Renee Diaz, owner of The Queen's Cups bakery in Worcester, offers an honest perspective on the trails and tribulations of running a small business in 2025.

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    Advice

    10 Things I know about ... Marketing to Gen Z customers

    Rachel Smith

    People in their 20s are growing and learning about themselves, wanting to indulge in new things.

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    How Gen Z can get on the right financial track

    Denise Gilbert

    Despite almost all Gen Z respondents having financial goals, this generation is struggling to balance those priorities with the current high cost of living.

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    101: Setting goals to inspire workforce success

    Sloane M. Perron

    The start of a new year means new goals. This is the time for managers to take stock of where their teams are and find ways for them to reach new objectives in the future.

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    Editorial

    Editorial: Time to tackle unemployment reform

    While the deal gives Massachusetts some clarity, this is only a first step state leaders must take over the next year or so to apply a more permanent fix to the ailing state unemployment insurance system.

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    Viewpoint: Put higher ed in prisons

    James T. Brett and Michael K. Thomas

    People often refer to support for justice-impacted individuals as a second chance at opportunity and employment. Such chances are critical to expanding work experience, skill development, and economic mobility.

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    A Thousand Words: Cannabis commission suspends whistleblower

    Ramón L. Sandoval

    On Jan. 6, the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission placed Business Operations Manager Meghan Dube on paid administrative leave. Dube had spoken to WBJ regarding systematic issues within the agency, with her thoughts featured in WBJ's investigative report.

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    From the Editor: Why we highlight women's progress

    Brad Kane

    In an ideal world, publications like WBJ’s annual Women in Leadership edition wouldn’t be necessary. In an ideal world, all people everywhere would be recognized for their natural talents and learned skills and given equal opportunities to help create the best possible version of our economy and society, regardless of the circumstances each person was born into.

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    Movers & Shakers

    Movers & Shakers for Feb. 10, 2025

    Employees at Dean College, Bowditch & Dewey, and Milford Regional Physician Group are advancing in their professional careers.

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Today's Poll

Are you planning to freeze hiring or lay off workers in the near future?
Poll Description

In early March, UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester announced an immediate hiring freeze and upcoming layoffs, following a nationwide trend of universities hitting the brakes on hiring initiatives amid federal funding uncertainties. As economic officials are increasingly concerned about a possible economic slowdown this year, the Central Massachusetts Business Confidence Index fell nearly 10 points into pessimistic territory, and state Housing and Livable Communities Secretary Ed Augustus warned uncertainty in the economy could deter real estate investment.

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