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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern shows qualities of being a great leader who can stay calm under much distress. However, do the actions she displayed discussed in the case study show true statesmanship? We learned this week that statesmanship means for a leader to inspire, motivate, and provide guidance needed for any situation people under them might be faced with (Fischer, 2010, p. 48). While I personally believe that Ardern showed a great amount of rational and calm thinking, I think more than statesmanship, she exhibited compassion. As Christopher points out in his reply, as well as Baldwin expresses in Franklin’s Classical American Statesmanship, good statesmanship can often be a person’s character which highlights them doing the right thing even when no one knows; and sometimes even makes them look like the bad guy (2012). However, with all of New Zealand and even more of the world watching Ardern, she chose a compassionate a levelheaded approach to keeping the community safe throughout the covid19 pandemic (Van Wart et al., 2022).
I am curious what Ardern’s resolve is for remaining a present leader. Speaking of her leadership method during the pandemic now is simple, but at the time, when not all the facts were available,
how was she able to escape the hysteria that the world saw so many country leaders go through? Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison also received praise for his response to the pandemic in the case study you spoke about (Hobbs & Allen, 2023). While they had similar approaches, Scott took a somewhat less compassionate stance and focused heavily on the facts of the virus. He too stayed calm through the hysteria and pushed communication from scientific professionals
to the public (Bernard et al., 2021). Again, they had similar approaches, but Ardern compassionately took lead by pushing communication centered around support, and Morrison rationally took charge of the situation by pushing the facts of the virus to calm the public. Whose
approach do you think was more beneficial for the public?
References
Baldwin, C. E. (2012). Franklin’s classical American statesmanship. Perspectives on Political Science
, 41
(2), 67–74. https://doi.org/10.1080/10457097.2012.660446
Bernard, N. R., Basit, A., Sofija, E., Phung, H., Lee, J., Rutherford, S., Sebar, B., Harris, N., Phung, D., & Wiseman, N. (2021). Analysis of crisis communication by the Prime Minister of Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
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, 102375. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102375
Fischer, Kahlib, "A Biblical-Covenantal Perspective on Organizational Behavior & Leadership" (2010).
Faculty Publications and Presentations
. 523.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/gov_fac_pubs/523
Hobbs, M., & Allen, P. (2023). Political public relations, leadership, and COVID-19: A comparative assessment of Prime Ministers Ardern and Morrison on Facebook and Twitter. Public Relations Review
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(2), 102326. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pubrev.2023.102326
Van Wart, M., Macaulay, M., & Haberstroh, K. (2022). Jacinda Ardern’s compassionate leadership: a case of social change leadership in action. International Journal of Public Sector Management
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(6), 641–658. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijpsm-03-2022-0071
It’s very insightful of you to point out inspirational leaders from such different
walks of life. I agree with your statement about MLK and Malcolm X showing true statesmanship throughout their lives and fighting for what is right. Although it is different due to the times and the issue at hand, it is not unlike Benjamin Franklin and his fight for what he believes is right. Franklin fought for a vision of what his future could be, even when it meant breaking rules in the moment to reach said vision (Baldwin, 2012)
. When MLK and Malcom X were fighting for their vision of what the future could be, there might have been some African Americans, even while inspired by their acts, probably wished for them to stop stoking the flames of racism at the time. However, they continued to push for the bigger picture that they knew could come true
one day.
Religion and Faith play a concrete part in true statesmanship and help to guide leaders as they make selfless and hard decisions that benefit the public (Osuagwu, 2023)
. From your statement about God needing to be in the center of a leader’s life for successful decision making, I understand that you
agree. Do you think that both Malcom X and MLK’s religion played the most important role in their lives as statesman? Or do you think that their drive thrived from similar factors of Benjamin Franklin’s circumstances; motivation based off of discomfort from unbearable livelihoods as they were?
Furthermore, the background of MLK and Malcom X was very different in comparison. While they both had traumas throughout their life, Malcom saw his mother be institutionalized which resulted in him being a state ward, while Martin had love and support from his father and could always call on him (Carson, 2005. p. 2). Could their variation in their very separate views in violent verses non-violent approaches be their difference in worldview due to
their childhood? Lastly, if so, does this somewhat diminish your view of them as statesman since they were unable to see their very strong biases due to their worldview? References
Baldwin, C. E. (2012). Franklin’s classical American statesmanship. Perspectives on Political Science
, 41
(2), 67–74. https://doi.org/10.1080/10457097.2012.660446
Carson, C. (2005). The Unfinished Dialogue of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X. OAH Magazine of History
, 19
(1), 22–26. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25163737
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Osuagwu, E. S. (2023). Christian statesmanship as a panacea for social policy constraints on differing political ideological fronts. Cogent Social Sciences
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