Impound Reynold's Passport blog post on TUANZ
TUANZ blog post of the day says "Impound Reynold's Passport", and Ernie asks the government to retain Telecom New Zealand CEO Paul Reynold's in the country.
IANAL, but aside from the fact that no legitimate government would ever keep a foreign citizen's passport with no legal grounds and a judicial order issued on the breach of some law, the headline is sensationalist at best.
But then Ernie continues "Reynolds' handling of the crisis this week has been magnificent. He's fronted this issue at every step. He's been direct and honest. He's shown very genuine empathy in talking about the inconvenience, distress and cost the issues have imposed on customers. He hasn't ducked the questions - he's answered, fully and from the heart, every time."
Yes, I agree with that sentence. But that headline asking the government to retain someone in the country - the equivalent of arresting someone - without legal proceedings?
Seriously? As I said, a sensationalist headline. When I read it on my RSS reader I thought "surely not"? I understand it's more of a "he's doing a good job, keep him here" and not a "XT is fubar, keep him here"...
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Comment by BlueToothKiwi, on 26-Feb-2010 09:17
I do agree with Ernie though - I am not a big Telecom fan - but it takes guts to get through what is happening when you are the CEO - ultimately the bucks stops with the CEO - and he has never shied away from facing those difficult questions in person - instead of hiding behind a media release that is a norm these days.
Thanks Mauricio, for the link to furbar - now I know the difference between foobar and Fubar. It is scarhy how many years I been using that word without knowing where it came from!
Tim
Comment by daman88, on 2-Mar-2010 10:43
I would said "Dr Reynolds has big b@lls" :P
a lot of CEOs would hide and answer the questions indirectly.
What a start to the Tiger year!! Toyota, Tiger, XT and who's next?
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Comment by stuartm, on 25-Feb-2010 14:03
I read the post, but it seemed to be just a bit of dry humour to me - not to be taken seriously at all.