The Rudy Giuliani of Toronto?. Toronto finds a hero in Dr. Basrur. Reader DS sends in this wonderful story from the Toronto Globe and Mail:"I have such faith in Dr. Basrur," she said, referring to the city's diminutive, 46-year-old, single-mother medical officer of health, who had followed the mayor's performance with a lucid and persuasive, fact-by-fact deconstruction of the WHO analysis. "She is so honest and you know she has such integrity," Lori said, hesitating slightly before plunging... [SARS Watch Org]
Leadership! I put together a complex post two days ago decrying the lack of political leadership on the SARS issue. But I lost it while trying to do a link. No matter Tim at SARS-WATCH has found the core item on the topic.
The Politicians have not done well. There is a growing sense that SARS is maybe the Chernobyl of China and may lead to profound changes in the Chinese political system. But closer to home, I have been struck by the incomprehension of the Prime Minister and the Premier and by the shrill stridency of the Federal Minister for Health. The mayor has been an embarrassment. Trying to spin, saying nothing loudly, yelling and boosting - all the usual techniques have failed.
Tim links us to a great article by the Globe and Mail on the Toronto chief of Public Health and makes the case for Dr. Basrur being the archetype of the type of leadership that we all seek - A person who is true to themselves and who speaks their truth in a quiet and steady way. A person whose actions speak for themselves. Jim Collins book Good to Great has the same observation about great business leaders as well.
More substance please.
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