Chris Hipkins and the Theo Spierings transformation syndrome

Chris Hipkins and the Theo Spierings transformation syndrome
Theo Spierings promised transformation but didn't quite live up to it. (Image: BusinessDesk)
Dileepa Fonseka
The month of January was a story of transformative leaders, past and present, assuming leadership roles.  In New Zealand, that was Chris Hipkins assuming leadership of the Labour party; in the Netherlands, it was a transformational leader from our recent corporate history: Theo Spierings. Spierings is a figure many in NZ probably won’t forget any time soon. The former chief executive of Fonterra came in at a time when the co-operative needed to change, but he ended up leaving it little changed and arguably worse off, but still c...

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