Wedged between Frog and Toad and New Urban Arts on Westminster Street, White Electric Coffee has undergone a metamorphosis. The cafe, which has been slinging lattes, espresso and the signature “Buzzo” (housemade coffee milk) since 2000, is the first cafe in Rhode Island to transition to a unionized worker-owned cooperative business model.
More and more, larger employers are offering “wellness” programs that can coach people to better manage their money, combining digital tools and a human touch.
After decades of making strides toward more equality for women in the workplace and leadership positions, the past year has felt for many like a setback. With 2 million women leaving the labor force in 2020, women are at the lowest workforce participation level since 1988, which Vice President Kamala Harris recently called a national emergency.
Tech companies like Apple were some of the first to allow their corporate employees to work from home at the start of the pandemic. Now, tensions are rising about when and if these employees will return to the office.
Before a job candidate is ever hired, people in power make basic but significant decisions on how a job search will be conducted ― decisions that can either help attract applicants of underrepresented backgrounds or turn them off.
It’s no secret that most entrepreneurs are highly motivated to reach their business goals. The most successful entrepreneurs, however, find a way to get all of their employees working together to reach those business goals. That starts with ensuring their business goals are developed in such a way that employees fully understand what their part is in reaching those goals and what exactly they need to do to accomplish them. That can be challenging for entrepreneurs, especially when they seem to intuitively know what needs to be done. Employees, on the other hand, need guidance and direction.