The phrase "ability to take charge" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing someone's capacity to lead or manage a situation effectively.
Example: "Her ability to take charge during the crisis was commendable and inspired confidence in the team."
Alternatives: "capacity to lead" or "skill in leadership."
Hateful people have the ability to take charge of their own lives.
His daughter was furnishing his house, and he was delighted by her ability to take charge and find a good bargain.
It could be argued that Jackson's ability to take charge is the only reason he is the Knicks' starting point guard this season.
But Webb did have one apparent edge — a warrior profile at a moment when the electorate was unnerved by Iraq and remained uncertain of the Democrats' ability to take charge of national-security matters.
Throughout, their chatter makes it plain that they don't think much to their owners' ability to take charge of events and neither can the reader make much of the apparent haplessness of politicians and royals alike.
Although learner autonomy is commonly defined as "the ability to take charge of one's own learning" (Holec, 1981, p. 3), there have been many other definitions of learner autonomy since then.
Jared Jeffries offers defensive prowess and the ability to take charges.
"The programme focused on empowering women to become economic actors and gain power, financial ability in the community to take charge of their destinies," Ntambirweki says.
(A) As will be described in more detail below, the supervisors also faced challenges related to dealing with their staff being HIV positive, and this attitude of being able to take charge influenced their ability to face these challenges.
But I do know that we have a responsibility to ourselves to take charge, to the best of our ability, of what happens when we live on earth.
G.M., Ford and Chrysler have pushed hard in contract negotiations for the union to take charge of its medical benefits, saying they are a major factor limiting their ability to compete with Japanese auto companies.
