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leadership

leadership

475 3.5
Ability to guide and inspire people so they work well together
  • noun
  • /ˈliːdərˌʃɪp/
: liderazgo
  • 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

guiding
vsleadership
39 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
leading
vsleadership
20 3.9

The act of guiding a group or organization

is the general capacity to direct and influence people rather than just the act
leadership skill
vsleadership
16 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
helmsmanship
vsleadership
1 8.0

Skill in guiding a group or organization steadily

is the general ability to direct or influence, not only steady steering
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
commandership
vsleadership
1 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
475 3.5
weak
189 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.