Tag: Pandemic
Back on the road again?
Has your company began allowing employees to travel for business again?
Yes: 80%
No: 20%
Before the pandemic, how often did you travel for business?
Once per year:...
Is Rhode Island facing a leadership “brain drain” amid a wave...
On June 2, the state said its interim health director, Dr. James McDonald, will be leaving the department next month. The announcement is the...
THE NEW GUARD: Fuller says UMass Dartmouth has many capabilities to...
(Editor’s note: This is the sixth installment in an occasional series of interviews with the region’s new wave of higher education leaders.)
Mark Fuller acknowledges...
Veterans are answering call for workers
With many workplaces struggling with fallout from the “Great Resignation,” it’s no surprise to see veterans increasingly stepping into the breach.
Veteran unemployment peaked nationally...
Dining Out: Winning dish now on Gregg’s menu
A few years ago, I had the privilege of serving as a judge for the Rhode Island Hospitality Association Education Foundation’s statewide culinary competition.
The...
The supply chain lesson from pandemic
COVID-19 has exposed the skewness in the globalized supply chain. During the pandemic, the disruption of the value chain was common across most, if...
Are you concerned about new leadership coming to the state’s two...
In the past month, the leaders of Rhode Island’s two largest health care systems both announced plans to step down, following their latest failed...
Merger fallout claims CNE leader
Fallout from the latest failed attempt to merge the state’s two largest health care systems continues.
Care New England Health System CEO and President Dr....
Dining Out: Big batch of hiring at NRG
It is a familiar theme. Hospitality and dining are in the entertainment business. With the spring season beginning, the opening of arts and cultural...
Are staff shortages negatively affecting your individual workload or your company’s...
While some businesses have prospered amid the COVID-19 pandemic, many more have struggled through one existential competitive or economic challenge after another. The latest...