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A Special Edition Governing Health Series
On this episode, Ken Kaufman, Chair of Kaufman Hall, and Michael Peregrine, Partner at McDermott, discuss the board’s top post-pandemic governance and leadership challenges, including:
- The concept of “languishing” within companies in the wake of COVID-19
- Strategic planning tactics to resume normal organization activity
- The critical need to maintain a competitive advantage post COVID-19
- Maintaining growth through M&A activity given increased antitrust enforcement
- Board/executive partnering to address nonprofit healthcare’s role in the ESG movement
- Confronting the dramatically expanded post-pandemic board agenda
This podcast is from McDermott Will & Emery's Governing Health podcast series.
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