leadership

noun

lead·​er·​ship ˈlē-dər-ˌship 

1

: the office or position of a leader

recently assumed the leadership of the company

2

: capacity to lead

a politician who lacks leadership

3

: the act or an instance of leading

leadership molds individuals into a team

—Harold Koontz & Cyril O'Donnell

4

: leaders

the party leadership

Examples of leadership in a Sentence

a politician who lacks leadership

What this country needs is the exercise of strong leadership!

Recent Examples on the Web

Polls tend to show the issue ranks highly among Americans’ concerns; immigration consistently ranks third after the economy and government/leadership issues in monthly polls conducted by Gallup. —Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024

This line of argument, however, in part depends on OpenAI’s leadership behaving responsibly— something that recent events have called into question. —Billy Perrigo, TIME, 5 June 2024

Winokur maintains his leadership role at AMOC, and his work is now broadly entangled with that collective and Little Island. —Joshua Barone, New York Times, 5 June 2024

Our departure rates are nearly half industry averages and most of our founding leadership team are still at the company. —Byalice Zhang, Fortune, 5 June 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1765, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing leadership

• under someone's leadership