Middletown coffeehouse sells shares to employees
MIDDLETOWN - After one year, 14 percent of the ownership of Middletown-based Custom Coffee Co. has transitioned to 14 of its 21 part-time and...
Mission-driven leadership requires stewardship as well
Chanda Womack
Alliance of Rhode Island Southeast Asians executive director
For over a decade, I have immersed myself in many different capacities in the nonprofit sector,...
Most-read stories of 2017, PBN.com
1 2017 40 Under Forty winners chosen
POSTED ONLINE: June 16
Providence Business News has chosen the winners for its 13th 40 Under Forty program, to...
Future of retirement brighter than ever
Over the holidays the Washington Post interrupted the good cheer to bring us “a preview of a U.S. without pensions.”
Peter Whoriskey tells the story...
Business Best-Sellers Jan. 12, 2018
Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World
Timothy Ferriss
The ultimate choose-your-own-adventure book – a compilation of advice from more than...
Report: Most stressful jobs in U.S. are military, public safety officials
PROVIDENCE – Enlisted military personnel ranked No. 1 for most stressful job, according to CareerCast.com’s list of The Most Stressful Jobs of 2018.
According to...
Balancing culture and production is every leader’s challenge
David Marble | Ocean State Higher Education Economic Development and Administrative Network CEO
I became more and more aware of the criticality of corporate culture...
Busiest workers not always the best
At the 2014 World Cup soccer tournament in Brazil, the U.S. midfielder Michael Bradley put up a statistic that wowed folks back home: He...
Reflecting on 2017
Was 2017 a good year for your company?
Yes 100%
No 0%
It was so-so 0%
Did your company hire additional employees in 2017?
Yes 66.7%
No 33.3%
Did your company...
‘We’re always going to be in … a war for talent’
As the senior vice president of human resources at Lifespan Corp., Lisa Abbott oversees strategy and operations, especially in relation to customer-service excellence and...