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Whether 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.

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 arrangements. 

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). 

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.

With the coronavirus remaining a part of life in the United States and the national economy now in a recession, startups are facing a time when survival could be more difficult than it has in years.

More than two years have passed since entrepreneur Ross Bradshaw embarked on the licensing process to open New Dia, a recreational cannabis dispensary in Worcester.

It wasn’t long ago CEOs were notably absent from such societal debates. For decades, business heads were advised not to talk about hot-button issues such as religion or politics.

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and widespread protesting against racial inequality, the YMCA of Central Massachusetts’ doors are always open to continue to work towards equality with all groups.

At such a perilous time, the Worcester County business community is hampered by an uncomfortable problem: In the homogeneous world of business leadership in Worcester County, top officials at the area’s largest and best-known institutions are almost entirely white.

The killing of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer, filmed for us all to witness, was truly horrific. The nation, and for that matter the world, has borne witness to the senselessness of his death, and responded with a call to action unlike any time in the past.