Feb. 3, 2020 - Worcester Business Journal

Advice

🔒Women leaders start as girls

A critical focal point we may be overlooking when grappling with how to increase the number of women in leadership positions: We need to start with 10-year-old girls.

News

🔒Central Mass. needs Opportunity Zone investments

If a developer was to pick an underutilized Worcester commercial property to revitalize and make his or...

News

🔒Movers & Shakers for Feb. 3, 2020

SARAH ADAMS of Springfield has joined the staff of the Central Massachusetts Planning Commission in Worcester as...

Advice

🔒10 Things I know about… Email scams

The royalty who wants to send you money is the oldest scam in the book, yet it continues to lure victims.

Advice

🔒Focus on what makes you happy

For the new year, I created a start-and-stop list, to focus on what I want to do...

Banking & Finance

🔒Despite questions on Opportunity Zones, high-profile efforts have emerged in Worcester & Fitchburg

Congress enacted the Opportunity Zone program three years ago to provide tax incentives for investment in low-income communities. But will investors seize the opportunity?

Education

🔒Greater Worcester employment grew in 2010s, but manufacturing lost workers

There was nearly one constant across the 2010s in the Greater Worcester workforce: Jobs became more plentiful, in nearly every industry.

Arts & Entertainment

🔒Odds increase against Polar Park breaking even, economists say

More than half dozen economists interviewed by WBJ said the cost overruns will make Polar Park far less likely to come close to paying for itself after it opens in 2021.

Health Care

🔒Natick hospital shifting to behavioral campus

Leonard Morse Hospital in Natick is planning to shift to a behavioral healthcare campus, no longer offering...

Health Care

🔒Q&A: Stephen Kerrigan is fulfilling his friend’s legacy

Stephen Kerrigan officially took over the reins at the Kennedy Community Health Center from Antonia McGuire, who led the organization for 11 years.

Advice

🔒101: Employee Surveys

When is the last time you surveyed your employees? Retaining talent, gauging the impact of company policies and finding areas of improvement are some of the value of employee surveys.

Advice

🔒Young workers can fuel medtech

It’s not easy to find a well-paying job with benefits when you lack a college degree or years of experience. It can be even harder if you’re new to the U.S.

News

🔒Strong economy helped Central Mass. banks, and mergers gave two an extra boost

Deposits were way up for the last decade at banks based in Central Massachusetts. The booming economy had a lot to do with it, of course.

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