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leadership|ˈliːdəʃɪp|
[f. leader1 + -ship.]
The dignity, office, or position of a leader, esp. of a political party; ability to lead; the position of a group of people leading or influencing others within a given context; the group itself; the action or influence necessary for the direction or organization of effort in a group undertaking. Also attrib., as leadership behaviour, leadership school, leadership skill.
1821C. W. Wynn Let. 11 Mar. in Corr. (1920) 268 Charles writes that Tierney has regularly resigned the Leadership of the Opposition. 1834Fonblanque Eng. under 7 Administr. (1887) III. 130 Is the leadership of the House to be conservatively settled by placing the minority in office? 1856E. A. Bond Russia close 16th C. (Hakl. Soc.) Introd. 29 An invasion of the Crim Tartars..under the leadership of their khan. a1859Macaulay Hist. Eng. xxiv. (1861) V. 165 That high position which has now been long called the Leadership of the House of Commons. 1870Pall Mall G. 26 Aug. 1 Nothing is wanted but military leadership and military means. 1885Law Times LXXIX. 351/2 The leadership of a great circuit. 1915E. & C. Paul tr. Michels's Pol. Parties iv. ii. 261 (heading) Analysis of the bourgeois elements in the socialist leadership. 1930O. Oeser tr. Bühler's Mental Devel. Child vii. 166 From the schoolgoing age onwards we find that some have the talent for leadership. 1933M. S. Viteles Industr. Psychol. xxvii. 626 The substitution of morale for discipline and of integration for domination calls for a change in the quality of leadership in industry. 1939J. D. Brown in C. I. Barnard Dilemmas of Leadership 3 To treat the difficult problem of executive leadership. 1939C. I. Barnard Ibid. 24 If a system once accepted..destroys leadership or divides followers—then disorganization, schism, rebellion..ensues. 1947Sherif & Cantril Psychol. of Ego-Involvements vii. 182 Leadership, then, was seen to be a function of the group and its activities. 1962K. Orvis Damned & Destroyed xiv. 95 He went to a communist leadership school. 1963J. E. Gerald Social Responsibility of Press v. 100 Few of the editors of mass-circulation newspapers since 1830 have risked their careers to exert strong leadership in the community. 1964Gould & Kolb Dict. Social Sci. 380/2 The manifestation of leadership behaviour can be observed only in relation to other persons who act in response to the leader and who are collectively referred to as the following. 1964Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 16 Jan. (1970) 51 We had an early dinner this evening..for the heads of the Senate Committees..and the Leadership on both sides and their wives. 1964English Studies XLV. 50 Administrative and leadership skill. 1972Jrnl. Social Psychol. LXXXVI. 29 Investigations of the relationship between personality traits and leadership behavior have failed to reveal any consistent patterns. 1973M. Truman Harry S. Truman xv. 306 Dad once defined leadership as the art of persuading people to do what they should have done in the first place. |