leadership

leadership
noun
ADJECTIVE
clear, effective, firm, good, great, outstanding, real, strong, true

He was praised for his firm leadership.

poor, weak
charismatic, dynamic, transformational (esp. AmE), visionary
executive, senior, top

the army's senior leadership

traditional
personal
deputy (BrE)

He is standing in the deputy leadership election.

collective, joint
global, local, national, world
transitional
Conservative, Democratic, Labour, Republican, etc.
civilian, cultural, educational (AmE), intellectual, military, moral, political, religious, spiritual

Political leadership needs a particular combination of skills.

Christian, Jewish, Muslim, etc.
business, church, community, congressional, government, industry, parliamentary, party, presidential, Senate, union
market

the opportunity to strengthen our market leadership

VERB + LEADERSHIP
assume, take (AmE), take over

When Smith died, Blair took over the leadership of the party.

The board is extremely weak and has not taken leadership.

assert

her method of asserting personal leadership

demonstrate, exercise, provide, show

In the crisis he showed real leadership.

need, require

It's a crisis that requires strong leadership.

lack

The movement is deeply divided and lacks clear leadership.

LEADERSHIP + NOUN
bid (BrE), campaign (esp. BrE), challenge
ballot, battle, contest, election, race, struggle (all esp. BrE)
position, role
team

the hard work of staff and the leadership team

structure
style
abilities, qualities, skills

He lacks leadership qualities.

development, programme/program (both esp. AmE)

The philosophy of the company is that leadership development cannot start early enough.

vacuum

There is a leadership vacuum in the party.

PREPOSITION
under sb's leadership

The school has flourished under the leadership of Mr Levi.

leadership from

What is really needed is clear leadership from the president.

leadership in

Leadership in science is moving east.

PHRASES
a challenge to sb's leadership

She withstood several challenges to her leadership.

a lack of leadership
sb's style of leadership

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