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New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, is a role model who leads with compassion, kindness, empathy and love. She shows what real leadership is all about.<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n

There are many eyes watching New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern<\/a>. And of those watching her, most do so with astonishment and respect. She is showing what real leadership looks like.<\/p>\n

Jacinta Ardern is a role model who leads with compassion, kindness, empathy, and love – yet is strong, determined and brave all at the same time.<\/p>\n

Her leadership has made us stop and pay attention. We\u2019ve long suffered under poor or half-hearted leadership \u2013 leadership which has one eye on the voting public or the next promotion. We\u2019ve longed for a leader who cares about us and really listens to what we say. We\u2019ve ached for real leadership but forgotten what it looks like. Jacinda Ardern has shown us what we\u2019ve been missing and, more importantly, proved that it can still be found and it\u2019s human.<\/p>\n

\u201cLeadership\u201d is an industry and the role of leader has been pulled apart, picked over and reshaped into some kind of unachievable model of superiority and prestige.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We\u2019ve made leadership something bigger than us. We\u2019ve made it about power and success, and we\u2019ve shaped it into something we think we\u2019ll never achieve. We\u2019ve turned it into a label instead of a way of life. We strive to become leaders by position description instead of leading through our actions.<\/p>\n

So, what has Jacinda changed?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Jacinda Ardern has shattered that perception with her dignified, compassionate and powerful leadership. Her actions aren\u2019t driven by politics. She isn\u2019t choosing her behaviour based on stereotypes, nor building a platform for self-promotion. She\u2019s not worrying about gender models of leadership. She\u2019s just out there doing her job. She\u2019s leading her country. She\u2019s a human being trying to care for her people and lead them through tragic times when they arise.<\/p>\n

Making new laws might help control the way society operates but it won\u2019t heal the emotional wounds of a country. Sometimes the best thing you can do as leader is to pull your people together and hug them. That\u2019s where Jacinta Ardern stands out.<\/p>\n

Jacinda is completely genuine in her empathy, integrity and her actions. We\u2019ve watched her grieve, hug the families of victims of tragedy and defy terror. We\u2019ve watched her pull her people together and unite them as \u201cus,\u201d one nation standing together.<\/p>\n

Jacinda shows us a shining light of true human leadership. It\u2019s strong and decisive, and it\u2019s kind and compassionate. It\u2019s responsive and it\u2019s real, with no other motive than to heal and protect. It\u2019s human and vulnerable and emotional, with no apologies for it.<\/p>\n

We can all learn from Jacinda Ardern. She has helped us remember what a leader really is \u2013 and it\u2019s not a title. You<\/em> can step up as leader whenever you choose to and do it by leveraging compassion and kindness. These natural human qualities have been overlooked and underrated for too long, for without them, leadership<\/a> is purely technical.<\/p>\n

Stop supressing your softer side and step up as a natural leader. Jacinda Ardern can\u2019t change the world on her own. She needs us to follow her example.<\/p>\n

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For more insights from our Empowering Ambitious Women team, be sure to follow us on our social pages – Facebook<\/a> or Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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