leadership
noun
- ability of an individual or organization to guide other individuals, teams, or entire organizations
- act as project leader, be the leader
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈlidɚʃɪp/ / /ˈliːdəʃɪp/
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *laidī Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Proto-West Germanic *laid ▲ Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Proto-West Germanic *laidijārī Old English lǣdere Middle English leder English leader Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English leadership From leader + -ship.
- The capacity of someone to lead others.
“Wise, determined leadership matters most.”
“Personal leadership is a fundamental of successful government. I do not mean the leadership of the band of good fellows and good schemers who followed President Harding, nor the purely perfunctory party loyalty which has part of the time in part of the country sustained the present Chief Executive. I mean that leadership which, by sheer force of mind, by chain of unanswerable logic, has brought friends and foes alike to enact vitally needed measures of government reform.”
- A group of leaders.
“People who talk about an imminent possibility of war seldom pose this question: What would North Korea’s leadership get from unleashing a war that they are likely to lose in weeks, if not days?”
“Companies should survey their employees regularly to evaluate the implementation among the leaderships and peers.”
- The office or status of a leader.