Jacinda Ardern Redefines Leadership with Empathy and Courage
Jacinda Ardern’s memoir is strongest when leadership becomes human rather than heroic. Doubt, empathy and pressure sit alongside political achievement, creating a thoughtful account for readers interested in power exercised with compassion, courage and self-questioning. The honesty gives it weight.
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Jacinda Ardern Redefines Leadership with Empathy and Courage
Jacinda Ardern’s memoir is strongest when leadership becomes human rather than heroic. Doubt, empathy and pressure sit alongside political achievement, creating a thoughtful account for readers interested in power exercised with compassion, courage and self-questioning. The honesty gives it weight.
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The Sunday Times bestseller The New York Times bestseller A Guardian Summer Reading Hottest Book Pick
This is not just a book for people who follow politics, but for anyone who has ever doubted themselves, or wanted to make a difference.
'An essential, inspiring read' - Natalie Portman
'Fascinating and engaging . . . makes us yearn for an era of courage and hope' - Nicola Sturgeon, The Observer
The deeply personal memoir from the former prime minister of New Zealand, then the world's youngest female head of government and just the second to become a mother in office. Jacinda Ardern grew up the daughter of a police officer in small-town New Zealand, but as the 40th Prime Minister of her country, she became a global icon for her empathetic leadership that put people first. She guided her country through unprecedented challenges, from the 2019 Christchurch mosque attacks to a global pandemic. She advanced visionary policies to address climate change and child poverty. And all while juggling first-time motherhood in the public eye.
This is the inspiring story of how a Mormon girl plagued by self-doubt changed our assumptions of what a leader can be. A Different Kind of Power is more than a political memoir. Powerfully evocative and refreshingly open, it is a profound insight into how it feels to lead and it asks: what if you, too, are capable of more than you ever imagined?
'Clear-eyed and luminous' - Bill Bailey
'Warm and funny . . . emotionally rich and candid' - The Guardian
'Wonderfully frank and open' - The Rest is Politics: Leading
Ideal for readers who:
- Think leadership can be empathetic without losing strength.
- Follow a political life shaped by doubt, pressure and courage.
- Look closely at New Zealand politics and women leading under pressure.
- Value memoirs that make public leadership feel personal and human.
- About The Author
- Jacinda Ardern was elected prime minister of New Zealand in 2017 at the age of thirty-seven and became the country's youngest prime minister in more than 150 years. In 2018, Dame Arden gave birth to her first child and became the first leader of a country in thirty years to give birth while in office. In 2023, she was awarded the accolade Dame Grand Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, the country's second highest honour. A Different Kind of Power is her bestselling memoir.
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- ISBN
- 9781035045426
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Pan Books, (18 June 2026)
- Number of Pages
- 352
- Weight
- 254 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 197 x 132 x 22 mm
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