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Advice

  • Know How

    The secret for a successful merger

    Amy Morrissey Updated: September 18, 2023

    Many mergers fail to deliver the expected results.The deal is not over when you sign all of the paperwork; it is over only when you successfully integrate the companies.

    Amy Morrissey Updated: September 18, 2023
  • 101

    101: Employee breaks

    Susan Shalhoub Updated: September 18, 2023

    Those quick walks around the parking lot, down to a nearby smoothie shop or even a few minutes with one’s head down on the desk are beneficial.

    Susan Shalhoub Updated: September 18, 2023
  • 10 Things

    10 Things I Know About ... Post-2020 employee recruitment & retention

    Julia Becker Collins Updated: September 18, 2023

    Competing for top talent in this post-2020 world with the Great Resignation and quiet quitting is challenging, especially for small businesses like mine. Yet, our 10-person agency had a 100% retention rate the first two COVID years, and we’ve hired

    Julia Becker Collins Updated: September 18, 2023
  • Know How

    The key to recruitment and retention: transparency

    Tim Winkeler Updated: September 4, 2023

    Workplace culture is the difference between success and failure in 2023.

    Tim Winkeler Updated: September 4, 2023
  • Outside the Box

    White men feeling left out?

    Bonnie J. Walker Updated: September 4, 2023

    DEI is most challenging for white men because it doesn’t center them, elevate them higher, nor forfeit them all of the power in any space. Not wanting to lose your power doesn’t make you a bad person, but the choices a white man makes to hold onto

    Bonnie J. Walker Updated: September 4, 2023
  • Advice

    101: Crisis Management

    Susan Shalhoub Updated: September 4, 2023

    Don't overlook the importance of being prepared for a crisis.

    Susan Shalhoub Updated: September 4, 2023
  • Advice

    10 things I know about ... Building a personal brand for business success

    Julie Bowditch Updated: September 4, 2023

    Growing and leveraging your personal social media network can be an incredibly effective way to expand the reach of your professional mission, product or service, recruit talent, and crowdsource valuable solutions.

    Julie Bowditch Updated: September 4, 2023
  • Outside the Box

    Nurturing America’s superpower

    Bonnie J. Walker Updated: August 21, 2023

    The focus of the work performed by DEI professionals may seem very simple on a superficial level, but the work is not.

    Bonnie J. Walker Updated: August 21, 2023
  • 101

    101: Tackling competition

    Susan Shalhoub Updated: August 21, 2023

    Here are ways to tackle the three main forms of competition.

    Susan Shalhoub Updated: August 21, 2023
  • 10 Things

    10 Things I know about ... Pub brewery conversions

    Mark Borenstein Updated: August 21, 2023

    Massachusetts farmer breweries are often looking for new ways to increase their appeal to customers. One option is to convert their farmer brewery license to a pub brewery license to provide more alcoholic beverage options in their taprooms.

    Mark Borenstein Updated: August 21, 2023
  • Know How

    SECURE Act 2.0 and its impact on retirement accounts

    Nicholas J. Colantuono Updated: August 21, 2023

    In response to financial burdens resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, subsequent layoffs, and an upsurge in early retirements, the Internal Revenue Service signed into law the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act 2.0

    Nicholas J. Colantuono Updated: August 21, 2023
  • 10 Things

    10 things I know about ... Why your business needs a lawyer during a recession

    AiVi Nguyen Updated: July 24, 2023

    Bowditch & Dewey Partner AiVi Nguyen says a number of legal obstacles come up during slow economic times.

    AiVi Nguyen Updated: July 24, 2023
  • Know How

    Unlocking the power of your executive benefits & compensation

    Ryan Kittredge Updated: July 24, 2023

    Executives with aspirations of an early retirement or maintaining a higher standard of living in retirement will need to make smart decisions around these supplemental plans and utilize them effectively to optimize their long-term financial plan.

    Ryan Kittredge Updated: July 24, 2023
  • The Hustle is Real

    I set my shame aside and returned my bakery to profitability

    By Renee Diaz Updated: July 24, 2023

    Renee Diaz discusses having the courage to take a hard look at her business' spending.

    By Renee Diaz Updated: July 24, 2023
  • 101

    101: Worker compensation & benefits

    Susan Shalhoub Updated: July 24, 2023

    Human resources departments have a core element in compensation and benefits packages.

    Susan Shalhoub Updated: July 24, 2023
  • Advice

    101: Motivating top performers

    Susan Shalhoub Updated: June 26, 2023

    Top performers tend to fall into the background as managerial attention goes to underachievers and new hires. But there needs to be a strategy to energize top performers too, or risk them getting bored, disgruntled, and looking elsewhere

    Susan Shalhoub Updated: June 26, 2023