COVID-19  August 28, 2020

Executive Health: If the boss gets COVID, don’t keep it quiet

It’s enough of a concern for businesses in the Boulder Valley and Northern Colorado when an employee comes down with the coronavirus. But what happens when the boss does?

Fortunately, few companies in the region have had to deal with that issue, but business advisers are fairly unanimous in contending that, when it happens, transparency is the best policy — especially for publicly traded firms.

For instance, when Teresa Elder, chief executive of Englewood-based WOW! Internet, was admitted to a Denver hospital in March after testing positive for COVID-19, the company announced it in a news…

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With BizWest since 2012 and in Colorado since 1979, Dallas worked at the Longmont Times-Call, Colorado Springs Gazette, Denver Post and Public News Service. A Missouri native and Mizzou School of Journalism grad, Dallas started as a sports writer and outdoor columnist at the St. Charles (Mo.) Banner-News, then went to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch before fleeing the heat and humidity for the Rockies. He especially loves covering our mountain communities.
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