Vocabulary – Leadership

Success
to make a breakthrough – to make an important discovery or development
to make a (good) progress
to bring out the best in (other people)
to win the respect
to make great efforts to
to make an attempt to
to go from strength to strength (to become increasingly successful)
to fulfil a goal/ dream/ ambition
to make it (to go successfully through a test or a selection process)
to overcome
to pull off (to be able to succeed in doing something)
to get off to a flying start (having a very successful beginning to something)
to come off – succeed
a remarkable/ crowning achievement
a dramatic improvement
an impressive accomplishment
a phenomenal/ unprecedented/ modest success

a recipe for success

a useful contribution
There is still room for improvement
with flying colors (with an overwhelming victory, triumph, or success)
Failure
to fail miserably – to be totally unsuccessful
to lose his nerve – (lose his courage)
to be doomed to failure – certain to fail
a spectacular failure
a recipe for disaster (very likely to result in disaster)
a dismal failure – a total failure
a recipe for disaster – will lead to major problems
if all else fails (if everything is unsuccessful)