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Leadership

Meaning in management & leadership, with examples

/ˈliːdərʃɪp/nounCore term

In management & leadership, leadership means: The ability to guide a group of people towards a shared goal, and the act of doing so, through example, influence and clear direction rather than authority alone.

In Turkish: liderlik, önderlik

How it is used

Used for a skill (strong leadership), for the people at the top of a company (the leadership team, the company's leadership) and for a role (take on a leadership role). Very common in job ads, performance reviews and annual reports.

Example sentences

  1. She showed real leadership during the system outage and kept the whole team calm.

  2. The leadership team will present the new strategy at Friday's all-hands meeting.

  3. We're looking for someone with at least two years of leadership experience.

Common collocations

  • strong leadership
  • leadership team
  • leadership skills
  • show leadership
  • take on a leadership role
  • managerA person responsible for a team, department or area of work, who plans the work, organises people and resources, and answers for the results.
  • team leaderA person who guides the daily work of a small team, usually while still doing some of the work themselves, and who normally reports to a manager.
  • leadership styleThe typical way a person leads others, including how they make decisions, give instructions, share information and involve their team.
  • lead by exampleTo guide people by behaving in the way you want them to behave, rather than only telling them what to do.
  • visionA clear picture of what an organisation or team wants to become in the future, used to give people direction and a reason to work towards the same aim.

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