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A Healthy Thought:
“It’s not uncommon for employees to be on a treadmill next to the CEO.” 
Amelia Sugarman
Community marketing specialist

Flex time chance to exercise your muscles

The decision for Pawtucket-based vacation tour company Collette to “go healthy” had been in the works for some time. A survey of its 276...

Helping employees find health in their lives

For Lisa Bisaccia, head of human resources for CVS Caremark Corp., the rewards of the Fortune 500 company’s wellness program are not about the...

Building efforts support better employee wellness

In 2010, the move to a LEED-certified building that was rated the most eco-friendly office structure in Rhode Island led the retiring CEO of...
FROM ABOVE: During the last 10 years, Cherrystone Angel Group has invested almost $10 million in 22 local companies. Pictured above are Cherrystone Angel Group Co-Chairman Robert Manning, left, and Executive Director Peter Dorsey Jr.. / PBN PHOTO/STEPHANIE ALVAREZ EWENS

Angel group excels in picking, making winners

The word “angel” as a business term started off on Broadway to describe wealthy people who provided backing for theatrical productions. Today’s business angels...
THE VALUE OF EXPERIENCE: The six partners of Northeast Collaborative Architects made the nearly 2-century-old Arcade in Providence relevant again by designing micro-loft apartments in its upper floors and freshening up the ground-floor retail space. / PBN PHOTO/BRIAN MCDONALD

Architects create value from obsolescence

The most common definition of innovation has technology hogging the limelight of public opinion with its up-to-the-minute gizmos and gadgets. Northeast Collaborative Architects has...

High demand, low supply keep company racing

In mid-2009, Ron Sacks and his business partner had seen enough to know that even in the midst of a flat-line economy there were...

Firm grows by aiming at the middle of market

Basing your business’ market share in dollars per square foot seems an odd metric, unless you sell carpeting. But for East Providence-based Peregrine Property...
CLEAN SWEEP: Stephen O’Donnell, president and CEO of GreenBytes, has helped the company develop a niche in the desktop virtualization business, thanks to the company’s already groundbreaking work in data deduplication. / PBN PHOTO/BRIAN MCDONALD

GreenBytes takes on Internet clutter reduction

Here’s the problem. Say you take a picture and email it to friends and family. And they, in turn, pass it along to another...
WHEN CONTAGIOUS IS GOOD: The seamless implementation and significant participation of a comprehensive health program has made a major impact at Fellowship Health Resources. Demonstrating one aspect of the communication tools in the program are, from left, Jennifer McKenna, benefits and wellness adviser, President and CEO Debra M. Paul, and Director of Finance Stephen Duggan. / PBN PHOTO/FRANK MULLIN

Health care group takes care of the caretakers

Practicing what it preaches is perhaps one of the most valuable tools in the employee-wellness campaign of Lincoln-based Fellowship Health Resources Inc. A nonprofit...
FROM THE EYES OF THE CUSTOMER: By seeing problems from the eyes of Cox customers, Patricia Martin solves them faster and better than many of her peers in the telecom giant’s national footprint. / PBN PHOTO/NATALJA KENT

Making solutions a group effort for this tech leader

Good communication skills are essential for any successful career. Using those skills to marshal hundreds of employees, build relationships within creative teams, and navigate...
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