as in management
the capacity to guide the actions of a person or group
The company's high turnover rate is a sign of poor leadership. The scouts were awarded badges for demonstrating strong leadership.
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Recent Examples of leadership
At 48, Burse advanced to her current leadership role at Grady in late 2024 after working as a clinical staff manager in an acute care unit.
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Laura Berrios, AJC.com, 7 May 2026
This move strengthens our wellness design leadership and reflects our focus on expanding capabilities, not just geography.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 7 May 2026
In addition to calling for the sheriff to step down, Heinz is also urging him to hand over leadership of the Guthrie investigation to the FBI.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026
In 2024, as global vice president of corporate communications at Vice, Pleva helped guide the senior leadership team through a high-profile bankruptcy.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 7 May 2026
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Laura Berrios, AJC.com, 7 May 2026
This move strengthens our wellness design leadership and reflects our focus on expanding capabilities, not just geography.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 7 May 2026
In addition to calling for the sheriff to step down, Heinz is also urging him to hand over leadership of the Guthrie investigation to the FBI.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026
In 2024, as global vice president of corporate communications at Vice, Pleva helped guide the senior leadership team through a high-profile bankruptcy.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 7 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leadership
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After a 23-43 season in his first season, Jackson leads the Warriors to back-to-back playoff appearances with 47 and 51 wins but was fired amid a backdrop of friction with management (including team advisor Jerry West) and fostering a poor work environment.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
10 May 2026
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Educators are overhauling their classroom management approach to cut down on the chaos.—
Stacker,
Hartford Courant,
9 May 2026
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So with the emergence of challenges specific to AI adoption — questions of infrastructure, governance, integration, and workflow modernization — firms have increasingly begun establishing a dedicated office in the CAIO to oversee AI transformations, Su said.—
Matthew Chin,
CNBC,
11 May 2026
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Signatories of the letter say the expansion of organized crime is undermining Indigenous governance systems and threatening communities that have long acted as stewards of some of the world’s most biodiverse ecosystems.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 May 2026
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“Leadership.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leadership. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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