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FOURTEEN PERCENT of the ownership of Custom Coffee Company in Middletown has been transferred to employees as of Thursday. / COURTESY BOB MASTIN

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...
Chanda Womack has made a mark since arriving in the United States in 1980. Her efforts to help underprivileged urban youth led her to found ARISE in late 2016 to combat the poor educational outcomes among Southeast Asian children in the region. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

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...
ENLISTED MILITARY PERSONNEL was ranked the most stressful job in the U.S. for 2018. BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/SEONGJOON CHO

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...
After 35 years in the telecom and internet business, David Marble finds the purpose of OSHEAN – which is dedicated to supporting the region’s anchor institutions with fiber, internet and cloud services – differentiating and key to both member and staff satisfaction. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

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...
CULTURE MATTERS: Lisa Abbott, senior vice president of human resources at Life­span Corp., Rhode Island’s largest employer, says ensuring employees understand the company’s culture and why it matters is important for successful growth. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

‘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...
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