The phrase "asserting leadership" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the act of taking charge or demonstrating authority in a particular situation or context.
Example: "In times of crisis, it is essential for managers to be assertive, focusing on asserting leadership to guide their teams effectively."
Alternatives: "demonstrating leadership" or "exercising leadership".
What rankles the Parisians is not only that Frankfurt left them in the lurch, but also that it is asserting leadership of an enterprise that, as they see it, ought to be conducted in a more pan-European manner.
To be presidential is to plot your surprise in secret, to reverse course with panache, and thereby to bestride the news cycle like a Colossus, asserting leadership in one bodacious swoop.
Rocky road ahead Guterres stumbles A need to clear the air ReprintsHis replacement of six leading ministers on June 29th left the impression that he was responding to opposition pressure rather then asserting leadership; it was a public-relations catastrophe, says Mr Soares.
"He was very smart, but not one to assert leadership.
They complain the White House has not consulted enough and failed to assert leadership.
The strategy of fighting to win -- to cause peacemaking Palestinians to assert leadership -- shows some progress.
Mr. Aso has been keen to assert leadership in climate change ahead of national elections this year.
How does a black man assert leadership in a society that expects, and is often willing to enforce, his subservience?
Mohamed Ould Maouloud, leader of the Union of the Forces of Progress, said: "Aziz thinks authority is enough to assert leadership".
"He had to step forward and assert leadership," said C. Fred Bergsten, the director of the Institute for International Economics and an advocate of increased spending on development assistance.
The Iranian revolution of 1979 and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan provided Pakistan with a unique opportunity to assert leadership in the region and neutralize the Pashtunistan issue.
