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🔒101: Employee recognition

A 2019 study by Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Ashley Whillans showed 80% of U.S. workers say they do not feel recognized for the work they do.

🔒10 Things I know about … Getting your business through the pandemic

10) Read all available news sources for updates. Whether you read the WBJ or local newspapers, read...

🔒Watch out for these PPP tax surprises

One of our government-provided assistance plans during the pandemic was the Paycheck Protection Program loan. The Small Business Administration, with the help of banks, gave out more than 5 million loans, making this program one of the most popular for small business. There was a great deal of confusion getting these loans and even more confusion later, as the rules and regulations changed. 

🔒What it means to be an ally

I interviewed Jake Sumner, upper school dean of student life at Worcester Academy; he is a white,...
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🔒Military veterans risk losing places to gather as the pandemic hits organizations already hurting

Long before the coronavirus pandemic hit, veterans services groups were facing a deep demographic challenge: Far fewer young vets have been interested in joining their local VFW, American Legion or other post.

🔒Nichols College spent $1M on testing and kept its COVID positivity rate at 0.1%

Signs around the Nichols College campus in Dudley this fall urged students to “Keep the Herd Healthy”...

🔒Q&A: Lessons from the first COVID surge, with Heywood’s infectious disease specialist

Dr. Vinod Mohan, who leads infectious disease operations at Heywood Hospital, has spent just about every day since last December working to figure out the coronavirus, and help the hospital respond to it and plan for the rest of the pandemic.

🔒Executive Q&A: Looking beyond profits with Redemption Rock and McLaren & Associates

Dani Babineau from Redemption Rock and David McLaren from McLaren & Associates sat down (virtually) to chat about the benefits of being a B Corp.
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🔒Editorial: Remember what we learned in the pandemic’s first phase

Even after the first surge of the virus spread across the country, the initial deadly surge left the Bay State ranking in the top seven states for coronavirus deaths, and the highest unemployment rate in the nation over the summer. It took a while to effectively mitigate its impact.

🔒This pandemic is about people

The announcement on Nov. 13 of the scheduled reopening of the UMass Memorial DCU Center Field Hospital gave me a deja vu moment: Here we go again.
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