'We need to begin to change the narrative that we’re not a diverse state,' Anthony Poore told a gathering of business leaders at the inaugural Shades of Progress Conference on May 22
Some takeaways after attending the BIA’s first Covid era gathering
A message from the publisher of McLean Communications
Tech leaders converged on Fidelity Investments’ Merrimack campus May 28 for the 10th anniversary of NH Tech Alliance’s TechWomen Connect and Awards, and in a first, one of the night’s three honorees was a middle school teacher.
Diversity among law firm’s core values for decades
On April 3, NH Business Review held its annual Outstanding Women in Business Awards, which highlights eight business leaders in the state who personify leadership, advocacy and community commitment in their daily lives.
Friends Forever International, a global youth leadership and cultural exchange organization based in New Hampshire, recently hosted a delegation from Kazakhstan from February 21 to March 1.
Grocery stores, carpet and flooring outlets and an outdoor goods company seem like unconnected retail operations. As a group of business owners recently heard at an informational session in Manchester, they’re all sectors that include cooperatively owned companies with great success.
Concerns from New Hampshire educators are at the center of one of the first legal challenges to the Trump administration’s ban on diversity, equity and inclusion programs in schools.
Companies seek to address staffing by being more welcoming
Foreign-born workers — whether naturalized citizens, noncitizens with work authorizations or undocumented immigrants — comprise nearly 7% of the New Hampshire workforce, according to a report issued by the state Department of Employment Security. The 11-page report provides a statistical snapshot of the 95,000 Granite State residents born outside the United States. It calls immigrants “a productive and crucial part” of the state’s economy.
Women in the workforce can succeed by finding the right connections and celebrating one another. That’s what the five women leaders featured at NH Business Review’s recent Powered by Women forum say when they reflect on their careers.
