- leadership
- nounADJECTIVE▪ clear, effective, firm, good, great, outstanding, real, strong, true▪
He was praised for his firm leadership.
▪ poor, weak▪ charismatic, dynamic, transformational (esp. AmE), visionary▪ executive, senior, top▪the army's senior leadership
▪ traditional▪ personal▪ deputy (BrE)▪He is standing in the deputy leadership election.
▪ collective, joint▪ global, local, national, world▪ transitional▪ Conservative, Democratic, Labour, Republican, etc.▪ civilian, cultural, educational (AmE), intellectual, military, moral, political, religious, spiritual▪Political leadership needs a particular combination of skills.
▪ Christian, Jewish, Muslim, etc.▪ business, church, community, congressional, government, industry, parliamentary, party, presidential, Senate, union▪ market▪the opportunity to strengthen our market leadership
VERB + LEADERSHIP▪ assume, take (AmE), take over▪When Smith died, Blair took over the leadership of the party.
▪The board is extremely weak and has not taken leadership.
▪ assert▪her method of asserting personal leadership
▪ demonstrate, exercise, provide, show▪In the crisis he showed real leadership.
▪ need, require▪It's a crisis that requires strong leadership.
▪ lack▪The movement is deeply divided and lacks clear leadership.
LEADERSHIP + NOUN▪ bid (BrE), campaign (esp. BrE), challenge▪ ballot, battle, contest, election, race, struggle (all esp. BrE)▪ position, role▪ team▪the hard work of staff and the leadership team
▪ structure▪ style▪ abilities, qualities, skills▪He lacks leadership qualities.
▪ development, programme/program (both esp. AmE)▪The philosophy of the company is that leadership development cannot start early enough.
▪ vacuum▪There is a leadership vacuum in the party.
PREPOSITION▪ under sb's leadership▪The school has flourished under the leadership of Mr Levi.
▪ leadership from▪What is really needed is clear leadership from the president.
▪ leadership in▪Leadership in science is moving east.
PHRASES▪ a challenge to sb's leadership▪She withstood several challenges to her leadership.
▪ a lack of leadership▪ sb's style of leadership
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
