What makes New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern an authentic leader

The qualities that have made Jacinda Ardern the most popular prime minister of New Zealand in a century were on display this week as she took an earthquake in her stride during a live television interview.“We’re fine,” she declared cheerfully as the 5.9-magnitude quake shook New Zealand’s parliament house in Wellington for 15 seconds. “I’m not under any hanging lights.”Her coolness under pressure, self-discipline and the decisiveness of her government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic has led…

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