Author: Debra LeClair

(Opinion) Workplace mental health: What do employees want?

NN Businesses for Social Responsibility, heard directly from employees throughout NH on the topic of mental well-being in the workplace.

Workplace mental health

Ideas that can help organizations work to restore employee well-being

Minding your business, redefined

How mindfulness breaks the stress cycle and leads to more productive and creative thinking

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(Opinion) Opportunity Zones 2.0: Other states are getting ready, is New Hampshire?

With the permanent passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act this past summer, Opportunity Zones (OZ) are being reset, and with it, an opportunity for New Hampshire to shape what comes next. The question is whether we’re ready and whether municipalities, developers and state leaders are aligned to act.

(Opinion) Businesses are part of the village that stops child abuse and neglect

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. New Hampshire Children’s Trust (NHCT), in collaboration with our national partner, Prevent Child Abuse America (PCAA), uses this month as an opportunity to spread awareness about ways to stop child abuse and neglect before it happens.

(Opinion) Is supporting employee wellness worth the cost?

It is likely that individual health is one of the core drivers of our economy and productivity. Seeing the potential value of employers investing in wellness may even seem straightforward. Trickier however, might be finding affordable and appealing ways to do this amid the tight margins and self-reliant cultures of agriculture and natural resources sectors.

Outdoor recreation is economic infrastructure

New Hampshire has long acknowledged outdoor recreation as an asset. We speak of it in terms of quality of life, tourism appeal and regional character. That framing, while not inaccurate, is no longer sufficient.

What can AI do for me?

It seems everybody is talking about AI (artificial intelligence). Some think it will save us, and others think it will destroy us. I think the truth lies somewhere in the middle.

(Opinion) Novus Public Affairs’ 30-year anniversary: Paul Young’s meaningful mark on NH

For nearly six decades, Paul Young has been a constant, if often understated, presence in public and government affairs, both in New Hampshire and beyond. Since founding Novus Public Affairs in 1996, Young has helped shape how businesses, nonprofits and political leaders communicate and connect with the world around them, leaving a mark on the state that is hard to measure but easy to feel.