born/natural leader

noun

: a person who has qualities that a good leader has

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The rookie is a natural leader through his calm and camaraderie, and teammates gravitate toward him. Ben Standig, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025 As a natural leader, the Skipper was quick to step up and protect the castaways. Colson Thayer, People.com, 20 Jan. 2025 Hailing from a long line of African witch-priestesses, she's widely considered one of the most powerful mutants on the planet, and a natural leader. Griff Griffin, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025 On the job site, Carter was a natural leader, Young said. Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 29 Dec. 2024 Riese has proven herself to be a natural leader, both as a junior officer during Homecoming preparations and in the classroom. Caroline Beck, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Nov. 2024 The natural leader soon finds an hours-long babysitting gig (including her cute kid sister and a trio of their best neighborhood pals) stretching far longer when their parents get stuck in the storm. Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 19 Oct. 2024 Or maybe people don’t always have radical changes in their middle age like this very often, and the natural leader in an apocalypse would have been a natural leader in the world before the zombies also. Erik Kain, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024 No European country has experience with that job, and there is no natural leader for the rest to converge on. Phillips P. O’Brien, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2024

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“Born/natural leader.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/born%2Fnatural%20leader. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.

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