A civil enforcement action against a healthcare company reveals a straightforward lesson: It’s never too late for leaders to make the right decision. In this Forbes article, Michael Peregrine discusses the government’s complaint and offers takeaways for corporate boards.
How should the chief executive officer (CEO) respond to the host of internal and external challenges facing their business? In this Forbes article, Michael Peregrine suggests the CEO adopt a mindset rooted in rational confidence in the company’s future and in the leadership’s decision-making.
Most responsible corporate boards took measures to address codes of conduct issues and sexual harassment in the wake of the “MeToo” movement. However, a flurry of recent stories involving misbehaving CEOs suggests otherwise. In this Forbes article, Michael Peregrine says these scandals should be a wake-up message to corporate boards.
As COVID-19 becomes an endemic threat, corporate officers should accept the fact that the virus will be a permanent enterprise risk for the indefinite future.
In thisFT Specialist article, McDermott Partner Michael Peregrine says corporate boards should place their focus on business and operational challenges that result from the pandemic. These include:
Enhanced workplace safety in response to delta’s extreme transmissibility;
An equitable, enforceable and sustainable approach to employees who do not get vaccinated;
The feasibility of current return-to-work plans;
Work-from-home arrangements as a more permanent employment model; and
The pandemic’s outsize impact on female employees.
One of the COVID-19 pandemic’s most insidious harms has been the impact on employee health, morale and productivity arising from the erosion of home/work boundaries. In this Forbesarticle, McDermott partner Michael W. Peregrine argues that the mitigation of such harms is a board’s business.