Contact details +6469517908
Dr Suze Wilson BA, PhD
Senior Lecturer
Doctoral Supervisor School of ManagementMy career experience includes the following:
- Self employed consultant (2008-ongoing)
- Director, HR, Ministry for Primary Industries (2010)
- Tutor, Victoria University of Wellington Management School (2008-2009)
- Deputy Commissioner, People Capability, State Services Commission (2005 -2007)
- General Manager, HR, New Zealand Post (2002-2005)
- HR Manager, Letters, and Employment Relations Manager, NZ Post (2000-2002)
- Self employed consultant (1997-2000)
- Senior Manager, Industrial Relations, Ministry of Education (1996-1997)
- National Industrial Officer, NZ Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union (1993-1996)
- Regional Organiser, NZ Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union (1991-1993)
- President, NZ University Students Association (1990)
- President, University of Canterbury Students Associatoin (1989)
- Clerical worker, WINZ (1983-1985)
- Sawmill hand (1982)
All things to do with leadership interest me, along with an abiding interest in how we can make organisations both effective for external stakeholders and enjoyable places to work for employees.
My doctoral research examined why and how it has become normalized in recent decades to equate 'leadership' with grandiose expectations of 'transformation', 'vision', and 'charisma'. I argue these ideas, when examined closely, actually create undesirable pressures on leaders, grant them excessive powers, and rely on the problematic assumption that 'followers' are inherently inadequate.I am interested in theorising and practising leadership in ways that are more inclusive and humble.
Professional
Contact details
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Ph: 84908
Campus: Auckland
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Arts - University of Canterbury (1989)
- Doctor of Philosophy - Victoria University (2013)
Certifications and Registrations
- Licence, Supervisor, Massey University
Prizes and Awards
- Marsden Fund 2023 award for "Misogyny, rhetorical violence and the invisibilised entwining of digital and embodied social worlds' - Marsden Fund Te Putea Rangahua a Marsden Royal Society (2024)
Research Expertise
Research Interests
leadership theory
history of leadership theory
Michel Foucault
Discourse analysis
post-positivist research methodologies
critical management studies
Research Opportunities
- new approaches to leadership (1/10/2013) I am interested in opportunities to collaborate with scholars or practitioners interested in exploring new ways to theorise or practice leadership
Thematics
21st Century Citizenship, Resource Development and Management
Area of Expertise
Field of research codes
Business and Management (150300):
Commerce, Management, Tourism And Services (150000):
Human Resources Management (150305):
Organisation and Management Theory (150310):
Organisational Behaviour (150311)
Keywords
leadership coaching
team development
HR strategy
change management
organisation design and devleopment
Research Projects
Summary of Research Projects
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Key Researcher / Named Investigator / Associate Investigator | 1 | 0 |
Project Leader | 0 | 1 |
Research Outputs
Journal
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Book
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Creative Work
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Thesis
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Conference
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Other
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Consultancy and Languages
Consultancy
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since 1997
- Grace Consulting Limited
GCL is my own company. My consulting assignments typically focus on leadership coaching, team development, HR strategy, change management or organisation design and development. Clients include: NZ Trade and Enterprise, Leadership Development Centre, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, NZ Customs Services, State Services Commission, NZ Police, Department of Corrections, NZ Qualifications Authority, ACC, Audit NZ, Education Review Office, Ministry for Social Development, Norske Skog, Careers Service, Inland Revenue, Department of Internal Affairs, Transpower, Land Information NZ.
Teaching and Supervision
Teaching Statement
Post-and under-graduate teaching experince in mangement, project management and HR management.
Extensive experience in professional devleopment for senior and middle management.
Summary of Doctoral Supervision
Position | Current | Completed |
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Co-supervisor | 1 | 3 |
Current Doctoral Supervision
Co-supervisor of:
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Mathew Knowsley
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Doctor of Philosophy
Leadership-as-practice during organizational change: An ethnographic case study.
Completed Doctoral Supervision
Co-supervisor of:
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2023
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Rhema Chatiya Nantham
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Doctor of Philosophy
The experiences of women of colour who were Third Culture Kids and their implications for global leadership development: an exploratory study -
2022
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Feng Yue
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Doctor of Philosophy
Unthought or a Contribution to Leadership Scholarship from a Chinese Perspective – Based on François Jullien’s work -
2019
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Vasudha Rao
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Doctor of Philosophy
Rethinking sponsoring: Evidencing and conceptualising sponsorship as a relational practice for women’s career development
Media and Links
Media
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30 Jun 2022 - Newspaper, Radio, Online
Luxon's dilemma When politics and morals don't mat
Article in The Converation; republished by NZ Herald, RNZ, Newshub -
29 Nov 2021 - Online
As it selects a new leader National needs to remem
Article for The Conversation about what National should consider in choosing its new leader -
28 Apr 2020 - Magazine
Why New Zealand's COVID-19 elimination strategy...
Interviewed by Time Magazine re NZ's covid response: -
22 Oct 2020 - Magazine
New Zealand's debates shows what changes when two
Interviewed for article in Forbes Magazine re gender leadership issues in the NZ election capmgain -
22 Apr 2020 - Television, Video, Online
New Zealand to decide whether to end lockdown
Interview with China Global Television Network regarding my analysis of Jacinda Ardern's leadership - view more...
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21 Mar 2022 - Radio, Online
RNZ The Panel re sexism and misogny
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18 Oct 2020 - Online
Jacinda Ardern, the global phenomenon sweeps home
Interviewed by Anna Jover for her piece on Ardern's re-election for Spanish newsite El Pais -
17 Sep 2022 - Online
Interviewed by Stuff re local govt election
Interviewed and quoted by Stuff regarding my analysis of the discursive strategies used by a candidate for local govt elections -
17 Jul 2022 - Online
ILA Podcast interview
Interview for Phronesis, official podcast of the International Leadership Association about the implications of disinformation and conspiracism for leadership -
16 Mar 2022 - Online
From 'pretty communist' to "Jabcinda' in TC
Article in The Conversation analysing the vitriol directed at Jacinda Arddern -
16 Jun 2022 - Online
Interview with BHN
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15 Oct 2021 - Online
Why Jacinda Ardern's 'clumsy' leadership response
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14 Jun 2020 - Online, Radio
New Zealand's masterclass in 'pandemic leadership'
Interview with Newshub about my pandemic leadership model -
13 Apr 2020 - Newspaper, Online
كيف "تسحق" نيوزيلندا فيروس كورونا؟
Story based on my analysis of Jacinda Ardern's coronavirus leadership published by Lebanese newspaper Al Annahar -
12 Mar 2019 - Radio
Why we need to stop thinking of leaders as heroes
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12 Jun 2022 - Television, Online
Interview with TV3 News/Newshub
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12 Jul 2022 - Online
'No shared notion of reality'
Podcast interview: Phronesis, the official podcast of the International Leadership Association re disinformation & its effects on leadership in NZ -
11 May 2020 - Online, Radio
Women leaders eschew ‘macho-man’ politics in....
Interview with BBC World Service for analysis on Jacinda Ardern's leadership and gender issues in relation to COVID 19 leadership -
11 Jul 2020 - Magazine, Online
Women leaders: We spoke with Jacinda Ardern
Interviewed by Anna Jover, NZ correspondent for Spanish magazine Mujerhoy re Jacinda Ardern's leadership -
11 Jul 2016 - Radio
Interview with John Peachey, Radio Rhema
Interview with John Peachey, Radio Rhema, about my book -
11 Jul 2016 - Radio
Interview with Laura Tupou, bFM, about my book
Interview with Laura Tupou, bFM, about my book -
09 Apr 2022 - Online
Quoted in Stuff re misogyny & women leaders
Quoted in Stuff feature article discussing misogyny and sexism against women leaders -
05 Jul 2022 - Online
Interview about Volodymr Zelensky's leadership
Podcast interview with Dr Jessica Genauer, Lecturer in International Relations at Adelaide University, about my and Dr Toby Newstead's ( U Tas) analysis of Volodomyr Zelensky's leadership of the Ukra -
05 Jul 2016 - Radio, Online
Time to move away from charismatic leaders
Inteview with Ali Mau, Radio Live, about my book -
03 Jul 2016 - Newspaper, Online
Visionary leaders: charismatic but problematic
NZ Herald article about my book -
03 Jul 2016 - Newspaper, Online
Business leaders need to ditch their hero complex
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02 Nov 2018 - Newspaper
Role of business 'changing'
Mentioned in article about leadership promoting PWC-Herald Talks business breakfact -
01 Feb 2023 - Online
'Silence from the centre'
Podcast interview & associated story on bFM re my analysis of Mayor Wayne Brown's initial response to the Auckland floods -
01 Apr 2022 - Radio
Invited to speak on RNZ The Panel
Interviewed on RNZ The Panel re sexism and misogyny targeting women in politics -
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Interview with John Peachey, leadership consultant
Interview with John Peachey, leadership consultant - view less...
Other Links
- find me on linkedin
- Radio NZ interview about "Thinking differently about leadership"
- Radio Live interview about "Thinking differently about leadership"
- bFM interview about "Thinking differently about leadership"
- NZ Herald article about "Thinking differently about leadership"
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- Sunday Star Times/Stuff.co.nz article about "Thinking differently about leadership"
- What Trump the demagogue can teach us about how we think about leadership
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