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Company prospers by linking experts to jobs

Delphi-US LLC has had little time for growing pains. The talent-management company, which specializes in filling technology and engineering jobs here and across the...
MAKING IT HAPPEN: Thanks to The Rhode Island Foundation’s efforts – and a $1 million commitment – more than a dozen private-sector initiatives to grow the region’s economy were started in the last year, including a statewide marketing campaign to help Rhode Islanders realize how many good things are going on “in our backyard.” / PBN PHOTO/BRIAN MCDONALD

Foundation hosts forum churning with ideas

For most organizations, innovation planning has a heavily internal focus. But for The Rhode Island Foundation, a nonprofit leader of philanthropic ventures in the...

Competitive firm hosts aggressive health drive

Ryan LLC in Providence is a leading tax-services firm, so the top brass there know a little something about the toll that stress can...
HEALTHY FOOD, HEALTHY OUTCOMES: Amica subsidizes healthy offerings at its campus cafeteria, one of the many initiatives the insurer has undertaken to improve the wellness of its employees. / PBN PHOTO/STEPHANIE ALVAREZ EWENS

Big investment in fitness yields big returns

Amica Mutual Insurance Co. in Lincoln has been pushing programs to improve its employees’ health since the 1990s. And in the last decade it...

Health efforts spread from HQ across the United States

After CVS/Caremark Corp. began its employee wellness initiatives in 2005 at its Woonsocket headquarters – offering fitness classes, weight management, and more – it...
KEYING ON COLLABORATION: People’s Credit Union CFO Brian Hennessey encourages an atmosphere of communication, one of the ways that he helps develop improved approaches to the institution’s operations. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

A team approach leads to success at People’s CU

When Brian Hennessey was a boy growing up in Fairfield County, Conn., he never wavered much on the path that he wanted to take....
MAKING A DIFFERENCE: Gencorp Insurance Group CEO Robert Padula is not only an accomplished businessman, he has volunteered to great effect his time and expertise, especially to Care New England facilties. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

A lifetime learner applies his drive outside the office

For some people, the drive to learn new things and acquire new skills stops. Maybe they’re tired of pushing themselves, maybe they don’t have...
THE BENEFITS OF BLING: Samaritans of Rhode Island Executive Director Denise Panichas helps employee Nicole Coggins arrange bracelets in the nonprofit’s art gallery and gift shop. / PBN PHOTO/DAVID LEVESQUE

Tapping energy outside the standard channels

As today’s economic climate continues to be an uphill battle for many, local nonprofits are finding that freshening up fundraising initiatives is imperative. While...
UNITED WAY of Rhode Island opted to move to Olneyville partially to prove its dedication to making an impact in neighborhoods. /

United Way hopes move will align goals, actions

It’s a long way from the posh East Side to Olneyville – figuratively, at least. But for Hank Sennott, director of public relations for...
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