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leadership

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lead·er·ship  (ldr-shp)
n.
1. The position or office of a leader: ascended to the leadership of the party.
2. Capacity or ability to lead: showed strong leadership during her first term in office.
3. A group of leaders: met with the leadership of the nation's top unions.
4. Guidance; direction: The business prospered under the leadership of the new president.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.leadershipleadership - the activity of leading; "his leadership inspired the team"
activity - any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity"
helm - a position of leadership; "the President is at the helm of the Ship of State"
lead - a position of leadership (especially in the phrase `take the lead'); "he takes the lead in any group"; "we were just waiting for someone to take the lead"; "they didn't follow our lead"
trend setting - the initiating or popularizing of a trend or fashion
2.leadershipleadership - the body of people who lead a group; "the national leadership adopted his plan"
body - a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity; "the whole body filed out of the auditorium"; "the student body"; "administrative body"
Rome - the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church
high command, supreme headquarters - the highest leaders in an organization (e.g. the commander-in-chief and senior officers of the military)
3.leadership - the status of a leader; "they challenged his leadership of the union"
status, position - the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society; "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained the status of a classic"; "atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life"
4.leadership - the ability to lead; "he believed that leadership can be taught"
ability, power - possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done; "danger heightened his powers of discrimination"
generalship - the leadership ability of a military general

leadership
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Spanish leadership [ˈliːdəʃɪp] ndirección f;
qualities of leadership → iniciativa sg;
under the leadership of ... → bajo la dirección de ..., al mando de ...

French leadership [ˈliːdəʃɪp] leader n (= position) → direction f;
under the leadership of ... → sous la direction de ...;
qualities of leadership → qualités fpl de chef or de meneur

German leadership [ˈliːdəʃɪp] leader nFührung f;
(position) → Vorsitz m;
(quality) → Führungsqualitäten pl

Italian leadership [ˈliːdəʃɪp] ndirezione f;
under the leadership of ... → sotto la direzione or guida di ...;
qualities of leadership → qualità fpl di un capo

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The vice-King will occupy the village and cross by its three bridges, advancing to the same heights as Morand's and Gibrard's divisions, which under his leadership will be directed against the redoubt and come into line with the rest of the forces.
Wherefore he was held in high reverence, and when the two other gentlemen were hanged for lying the Theosophists elected him to the leadership of their Disastral Body, and after a quiet life and an honourable death by the kick of a jackass he was reincarnated as a Yellow Dog.
During that long interval Starbuck would ever be apt to fall into open relapses of rebellion against his captain's leadership, unless some ordinary, prudential, circumstantial influences were brought to bear upon him.
 
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