leaderships
Positions of authority
Leaderships is the plural of leadership, used when referring to multiple instances of leading or to the leadership bodies of different organizations: The leaderships of both parties agreed to negotiate.
The singular leadership more commonly appears as an uncountable noun describing the quality or act of leading, but the plural emerges when distinguishing between separate groups or administrations.
Senior organizational leader
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- directorshipRole leading an organization
- governanceHow authority is exercised
stewardship · command · supervision · hierarchy · corporate · CEO · board · chain of command
Favoring absolute control
- democraticGovernment by the people
- transformationalCausing radical change
- servantOne employed to serve
- charismaticCompellingly attractive to others
collaborative · participative · visionary · coaching · laissez-faire · situational · adaptive · inclusive
Chief executive's office
- premiershipHead of government role
- chancellorshipOffice of head leader
- dictatorshipUnchecked single-ruler government
- regimeSystem of governance
administration · ruling · sovereignty · statesmanship · heads of state · monarchy · governance · cabinet
Skill from extensive practice
- influencePower to affect others
- innovationCreating something original
- pioneeringFirst to explore territory
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
trendsetting · visionary · groundbreaking · paradigm · intellectual · academic · industry · cutting-edge
Direct effort for reform
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
- vanguardForemost position or group
- pioneeringFirst to explore territory
- trailblazingBeing the first through
spearheading · mobilization · advocacy · organizing · community · social change · civil rights · revolution
executive
Senior organizational leader
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- directorshipRole leading an organization
governance · stewardship · command · supervision · hierarchy · corporate · CEO · board · chain of command · delegation
authoritarian
Favoring absolute control
- democraticGovernment by the people
- transformationalCausing radical change
- servantOne employed to serve
charismatic · collaborative · participative · visionary · coaching · laissez-faire · situational · adaptive · inclusive · top-down
presidency
Chief executive's office
- premiershipHead of government role
- chancellorshipOffice of head leader
- dictatorshipUnchecked single-ruler government
regime · administration · ruling · sovereignty · statesmanship · heads of state · monarchy · governance · cabinet · party
expertise
Skill from extensive practice
- influencePower to affect others
- innovationCreating something original
- pioneeringFirst to explore territory
authority · trendsetting · visionary · groundbreaking · paradigm · intellectual · academic · industry · cutting-edge · research
activism
Direct effort for reform
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
- vanguardForemost position or group
- pioneeringFirst to explore territory
trailblazing · spearheading · mobilization · advocacy · organizing · community · social change · civil rights · revolution · reform
leadershipssubordination
Lower position in hierarchy
followings · rank and file · membership · servitude · followers
leadershipsmismanagements
Instances of handling poorly
incompetence · ineptitude · dysfunction · rudderlessness · leaderlessness
leadershipspowerlessness
Inability to affect outcomes
subjugation · submission · disenfranchisement · marginalization · voicelessness
- leadership stylesMethods of guiding groups
- leadership traitsQualities enabling effective direction
- city leadershipThose governing a municipality
- state leadershipThose governing a country
- moral leadershipGuiding others righteously
- leadership skillsAbilities to guide teams