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know howFuture-proofing our workforce
Updated: February 7, 2022Across Central Massachusetts, restaurants, retail shops and firms are facing employee shortages.
Updated: February 7, 2022
Guest ColumnUp yours: How to bring your best game to life!
Updated: January 24, 2022How do you ratchet up your game in this distracted, high-anxiety world? Well, you start by being true to yourself, knowing yourself, what you want and why, and develop the confidence and courage to make forward progress.
Updated: January 24, 2022- 101
101: Leveraging Data
Updated: January 24, 2022Data can be used to find new clients, hike customer retention, improve service, laser-focus marketing efforts, predict trends, and more. Here are three ways you can enhance your company by leveraging data.
Updated: January 24, 2022 
10 things10 Things I know about ... Providing better benefits for young employees
Updated: January 24, 2022According to Forbes, Millennials stay at a job on average for two years and nine months.
Updated: January 24, 2022
know howSurviving the supply chain chaos
Updated: January 24, 2022It’s easy to see how marketplace trends like our shared supply chain woes could have far-reaching long-term negative impacts on the U.S. economy, especially for the smallest players. But is this moment truly as hopeless as it seems?
Updated: January 24, 2022
10 things10 Things I know about ... What to cancel in 2022
Updated: January 10, 2022Cancel culture is a topic for its own article, but we are all guilty of establishing bad habits holding us back.
Updated: January 10, 2022- 101
101: Work resolutions
Updated: January 10, 2022We may set personal resolutions for the New Year, but what about for work?
Updated: January 10, 2022 
know howThe next frontier of employee benefits
Updated: January 10, 2022Financial stress costs employers $4.7 billion per week.
Updated: January 10, 2022
economic forecast 2022Investing in youth employment beyond summer
Updated: December 20, 2021When young people are connected to employment and workforce experience, they learn about navigating the professional world and workplace dynamics, earn a paycheck and gain other valuable skills and perspectives, while employers develop the next
Updated: December 20, 2021
economic forecast 2022Stop making New Year's resolutions. Start doing this!
Updated: December 20, 2021While we are focused on wrapping up 2021 business, while trying to focus on the spirit of the holiday season, all with an eye on January and beyond, it's that time of year when people are anticipating the annual ritual of New Year’s resolutions.
Updated: December 20, 2021
Economic forecast 2022The Worcester renaissance
Updated: December 20, 2021As Worcester commemorates its 300th anniversary next year, there will be much to celebrate. Clearly, the city is enjoying a renaissance.
Updated: December 20, 2021
10 things10 Things I know about ... Gender
Updated: December 6, 2021Sex, sexuality, and gender are terms often used interchangeably. However, they are three distinct facets of who we are.
Updated: December 6, 2021
know howThe workplace, post-pandemic
Updated: December 6, 2021In less than two years’ time, COVID-19 may have forever changed the workforce landscape. While many businesses have returned – or are in the process of returning – to the office, others have opted for continued remote or hybrid models.
Updated: December 6, 2021
the hustle is realWho gets my Nikes?
Updated: December 6, 2021As small business owners, we are typically preoccupied with day-to-day operations, staffing, financial decisions, and everything else coming along with our livelihood.
Updated: December 6, 2021- 101
101: Workplace inclusion
Updated: December 6, 2021Inclusion means ensuring all voices are heard, with opinions considered and the value of all made evident.
Updated: December 6, 2021 
know howPrepare for the end of the employee retention tax credit
Updated: November 22, 2021ERTC is a fully refundable tax credit employers can claim if they kept employees on payroll in 2020/2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic. The goal of the ERTC is to help employers bounce back from the fallout of the pandemic and regain economic
Updated: November 22, 2021
