Fire up your sales force
A small-business owner was in trouble. She decided to call in an expert sales consultant to give her an outsider’s viewpoint. After she had...
Almeida named Rhode Island Legal Services chair
VICTORIA M. ALMEIDA, a shareholder at Providence-based law firm Adler Pollock & Sheehan PC, was recently appointed chairperson of the Rhode Island Legal Services...
Rabbi receives lifetime achievement award
RABBI WAYNE M. FRANKLIN, leader of interfaith dialogues for Temple Emanu-El in Providence, was presented with the Honorary Chairs’ Award for Lifetime Achievement in...
Life lessons from a centenarian golfer
It is no secret I love to play golf. And it’s no secret I have conducted a lot of business on the golf course....
Cybercrime and small business: How to address evolving threats
“Who’d go after a business like mine?”
That’s a common misperception: that cyber thieves only go after big targets, such as Equifax Inc., the Pentagon...
Tackling housing affordability
As the political winds appear to be shifting in Democrats’ favor after an eight-year electoral cycle dominated by Republicans, expect a renewed push to...
Are you ready to steal employees from your Mass. competitors?
(Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part column.)
Massachusetts has recently enacted a law that will render some restrictive covenants unenforceable.
The law starts...
Simon lauded as community champion
TOBY SIMON, board member of the Sheila Nowell Leadership Academy, was recently presented with the Community Champion Award by Sojourner House. The award was...
Raise the roof when asking for a raise
Pete walked into his boss’s office. “Ms. Smith, I’ll be straight with you. I know the economy isn’t great, but I have three companies...
Gig workers are the modern proletariat
Karl Marx defined the proletariat as laborers “unencumbered by any means of production” who were increasingly impoverished by the rise of machines. In that...