Advice for Julia Gillard from Baroness Thatcher

thatcher imageJust wrote this piece for the SMH about the Grand Dame of British Politics, Margaret Thatcher, providing advice for our first female PM, Julia Gillard, after she had survived yet another leadership challenge (though this one was only threatened, not actual.) Many of these words are Thatcher’s own. Like her or loathe her, she knew her mind and fought hard for her ideas. Just thought it might be an interesting way to think through strong leadership.

Read the full column here.