leadership crisis
Authority in turmoil
A leadership crisis is a period when an organization, institution, or country lacks effective direction—whether because leaders are absent, incompetent, discredited, or fighting among themselves.
The term suggests not just poor leadership but a breakdown that threatens the entity's stability or survival: The company entered a leadership crisis after three CEOs resigned in eighteen months.
A leadership crisis often triggers broader institutional turmoil.
- vacuumAbsence of matter
- power vacuumAbsence of governing authority
- chaosComplete disorder and confusion
- downfallSudden loss of power
- scandalDisgraceful public affair
resignation · power · collapse · turmoil · upheaval · mutiny · palace coup · coup · overthrow · instability · paralysis · deadlock · vote of no confidence · confidence · loss of trust · erosion · revolt · succession
- crisesemergency, disaster, natural disaster, catastrophe, calamity
- political turmoilpolitical instability, power vacuum, coup d'etat, military coup, uprising
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