Margaret HaywardMargaret Hayward

Margaret Hayward was a Private Secretary in Norman Kirk's office for seven years and following his death wrote Diary of the Kirk Years. Her PhD thesis was Political Leadership in a time of change, 1984-2000, a study of the leadership of five New Zealand’s prime ministers, from Lange to Shipley. In 2018 with Paul Brooker she co-authored Rational Leadership: Developing Iconic Corporations, published by Oxford University Press.

Margaret Hayward on Norman Kirk, Jacinda Ardern and leadership

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The prime minister often invokes the former Labour leader and prime minister, Norman Kirk. Margaret Hayward, former parliamentary secretary to Kirk and author of Diary of The Kirk Years, compares their careers and their qualities.  On 8 April, I sent my first email to Prime Minister Ardern with the heading, “Norman Kirk couldn’t do it, … Read more