Great leadership comes from understanding a situation from all angles and knowing how to communicate your message accordingly. Following a bailout by the U.S., the federal and Ontario governments are in the midst of proposing conditions to lend $4 billion to General Motors and Chrysler. Upon learning of a temporary strike-ban provision that was attached to the U.S. bailout, Ken Lewenza, president of Canadian Auto Workers Union, vowed that he would never take part in the deal if a similar condition were attached in Canada. “We won’t accept it, simple as that.” It's the view of the Veritas team that this was a Fumble, because as a union leader, Lewenza should not have provided such a closed-minded response, especially when so many auto workers are at risk of losing their jobs. It's our view that, while acknowledging the larger issue at hand, Lewenza could have expressed his concerns about a strike-ban in a manner that was not so all-or-nothing. Strong communicators can make their position clear without painting themselves into a corner while they're at it.
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