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leadership

leadership

510 3.5
Ability to guide and inspire people so they work well together
  • noun
  • /ˈliːdərˌʃɪp/
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  • So what we're lacking is leadership across the board.
  • leadership skills
  • strong leadership
  • provide leadership

And then the third question I asked is, is leadership a transferable skill?

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Examples

  • Effective leadership involves inspiring your team to achieve common goals.

  • Let's talk about leadership and how great leaders lead, right?

  • And the idea of small world leadership is so powerful.

  • Does that really help in developing leadership and stuff like that?

  • I think that number one, leadership quality is vision.

  • Thank you for your leadership on this.

  • Because in the practice of leadership, people fail every day.

  • So we have a a leadership deficit in our nation.

  • Da Mayor, we need your leadership.

  • Johnson is interested in looking at leadership from a number of angles.

    Academic text (2011)

Synonyms

leadership skill
vsleadership
11 3.4

To guide and manage a group to reach goals

is the overall action or power to guide and influence groups, not just skill
headship
vsleadership
  • Formal
1 7.4

The position of being the leader of a group or organization

is the ability or action to guide and influence rather than the formal position
leading
vsleadership
1 3.9

The act of guiding a group or organization

is the general capacity to direct and influence people rather than just the act
guiding
vsleadership
1 3.0

Giving direction and help to show people what to do or where to go

is the broader ability or action to direct and influence groups
chiefship
vsleadership
1 6.6

The time when a person leads a group

is about the ability to guide and influence rather than holding the role
helmsmanship
vsleadership
8.0

Skill in guiding a group or organization steadily

is the general ability to direct or influence, not only steady steering
commandership
vsleadership
8.1

The position and power of a leader in charge of soldiers

is the skill or action to direct and influence people rather than the title

Antonyms

followership
  • Jargon
1 6.5

Willingness to support a leader and do what they ask

Compounds

To guide and manage a group to reach goals

A way a person manages and works with a team

People who guide and manage a church and its members

Ability to lead a company, make important decisions, and guide its people

One person makes all important decisions without asking others

A system where one person has almost all power and makes decisions alone

A way of managing where a boss is very strict and allows no questions

How Effective

leadership
510 3.5
weak
290 1.6

Surface Forms

leadership singular
leaderships plural

Morphology

leadership = leader (transparent) = lead + er + ship

The noun is formed by adding the productive suffix '-ship' to the agent noun 'leader', yielding the expected meanings (ability, role, or collective).

Etymology

Leadership comes from the verb lead, which means 'to guide' or show the way, plus the ending -ship, which means a 'state' or 'quality' like in friendship. So leadership is the ability or action of guiding and influencing people.