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May 3, 2021 EditionEdition

🔒Ask ACE: Why is a coaching culture important?

A contributor from the Association for Consulting Expertise advises a reader about the importance of "coaching" instead of "command and control," and why a coaching culture leads to better business performance.

🔒Newsworthy people and performances for May 3, 2021

The Mainebiz roundup of businesses and businesspeople that have been making changes in recent weeks. Check out our compilation of new hires, promotions, accomplishments and more.

🔒On the Record: Portland attorney-entrepreneur Krystal Williams is ’embedding equity’

Every entrepreneur needs a community, says the founder of law and business advisory firm Providentia Group. Williams is working to create such a community for entrepreneurs who are Black, Indigenous and people of color.

🔒Hospitality’s newest hiring crunch: Maine businesses tout incentives to rebuild workforces

While they may be recovering financially, Maine restaurants and hotels still face a heavy lift when it comes to staffing up. As the clock ticks toward the key summer season, that task is taking on greater urgency.
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🔒With travelers looking for open spaces and outdoor dining, Maine’s summer forecast is — hot

Indications so far call for a busy summer tourism season, or at least better than the one in 2020. After a year of uncertainty, potential visitors to Maine are starting to make plans. Business travel, however, remains a question.

🔒Kennebunkport cachet: York County resort area sees a surge of lodging investment

Kennebunkport has always been a Maine attraction, even before it became famous as the location of the Bush family's retreat. But over recent months, sizable investments in local resorts are bringing the town a new sense of vitality.

🔒From the Publisher: Moving ahead at Mainebiz

This marks our first month post-Donna. That’s longtime Mainebiz publisher Donna Brassard — who first took the reigns...
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