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Executive Poll
Reopening your office
Are you in the process of reopening your office so that staff can return? Yes: 44% No: 33% We have been operating with staff in-office throughout the...
The Week’s Poll
Hot Topic
Can R.I. tourism avoid summer of sadness?
From beach vacations to business conferences, travel-related tourism is the lifeblood of the state economy, generating $6.8 billion in 2018, according to a report...
Focus
Vets provide upper hand for some defense firms
The veteran-owned Rite-Solutions Inc. isn’t really a small company. The Middletown-based engineering and information technology company has about 220 employees. But as a defense contractor,...
Veteran business owners put to test by COVID-19
In many ways, it’s been business as usual for Christopher Sanford. Solving front-line problems at work and in the military is second nature for the...
Something New
Job-hunting service suddenly in demand
When Charise Wilson launched her employment-services company last May, the state hit record-low unemployment. Most of Workforce Ready Solutions LLC’s initial clients were not laid...
One Last Thing
Empathy key to problem-solving
Tonya Harris | Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence executive director When I became the executive director of RICADV, I knew my life’s work had...
Editorial & Op Ed
It's Personal
Break your worry habit
There’s an old saying: “Worrying won’t stop the bad stuff from happening; it just stops you from enjoying the good.” Such wisdom! It’s advice I...
Anxiety can spur you leadership development
Prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, anxiety already permeated our day-to-day lives in the form of terrorism, mass shootings, environmental degradation and political instability. Individually,...
No guarantee customers will return; this might help
When we narrow down the current COVID-19 economic situation, we’re all in the same boat. No matter who we are or what we do,...
Shevlin receives Providence Engineering Society’s 2020 Humanitarian Award
JOHN P. SHEVLIN, a professional engineer and senior vice president of Pare Corp., was awarded the 2020 Humanitarian Award by the Providence Engineering Society....
News Briefs
What's Happening
Create a company culture where workers feel safe
EDITOR’S CHOICE Create a company culturewhere workers feel safe VITALSMARTS IS HOLDING a webinar hosted by business performance social scientist and New York Times best-selling...
People on the Move
Tony Mendez named to Board of Directors at the Rhode Island Foundation
Tony Mendez has been named to the Board of Directors of the Rhode Island Foundation. As the state’s largest funder of nonprofit organizations, the...
Theresa Moore named to Rhode Island Foundation Board of Directors
Theresa Moore has been named to the Board of Directors of the Rhode Island Foundation. As the state’s largest funder of nonprofit organizations, the...
BankNewport Names Julia Reinhardt Assistant Vice President & Branch Sales Manager of North Kingstown...
NEWPORT, R.I. (April 8, 2020) - BankNewport is pleased to announce that Julia N. Reinhardt has been appointed to Assistant Vice President and Branch...
Press Releases
The Providence Community Health Centers (PCHC) has partnered with Crossroad Rhode Island (RI) to...
PROVIDENCE, RI – On Tuesday, PCHC completed a two-day effort to provide COVID-19 testing for the residents and staff of Crossroads RI. Over 125...
Rhode Island Quality Institute Names Indra Neil Sarkar, PhD, MLIS, FACMI Permanent President and...
Rhode Island Quality Institute (RIQI) announced today that its Board of Directors has appointed Indra Neil Sarkar, PhD, MLIS, FACMI as its next President...
Providence Community Health Centers, Inc. Continues to Provide Health Care to Providence
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Cheryl Perry March 31, 2020 17:30 EST Phone: 401-780-2542 Email: CPerry@Providencechc.org PCHC Continues to Provide Health Care to Providence Providence Community Health Centers continues to offer...
