The phrase "an ability to direct" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing someone's skill or capacity to lead, manage, or guide others or a process.
Example: "Her experience in project management demonstrates an ability to direct teams effectively towards their goals."
Alternatives: "a skill in leading" or "a talent for guiding".
But Popovich was most struck by her prowess as a court general: she had an uncanny ability to direct her teammates around the floor.
It minimizes the fact that humans, with their big, complex brains, have a unique ability to direct their own behavior and override their own impulses.
Antenna gain refers to an antenna's ability to direct its radiated power in a desired direction, or to receive energy preferentially from a desired direction [4].
Indeed ANT and PP2A1 binding domains have a seemingly redundant ability to direct an apoptosis process indicating that the Vpr71 92 sequence is a new structural and functional domain.
Restriction: Limiting an actor's ability to direct his or her own life.
He went to Yale, where he majored in math and physics, and then earned an M.B.A. Ventilla worked briefly for Google, then launched a startup, Aardvark, which developed a tool for "social search" — the ability to direct a question to a targeted group of people.
A beneficial owner of the interest that is a non-Participant has no ability to direct a transfer on the books of a Federal Reserve Bank.
Critics of auctions argue that they compromise a lead plaintiff's ability to direct the course of litigation, because the court assumes responsibility for choosing lawyers.
Morozov also likens the experience to spiritual practices that are aimed at the "elevation of human soul through deep relaxation and control over seemingly uncontrollable muscles, this project uses the metaphor of flying as a reward for the ability to direct your mind to solving of non-standard tasks".
