The chaos comes at a time when the DoJ Antitrust Division is without a leader.
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Chavez's allies maintain that he's running his country from Havana, while critics say that the country is in limbo without a leader.
The White House had warned of great risks in leaving the Pentagon without a leader at a time of budget challenges and while the US has troops in Afghanistan.
It was only after months without a leader that a compromise deal was reached whereby the two favoured candidates share the job by doing half a term each as director general.
When Smith of Smith and Company ends up with multiple fractures from a skiing accident, the company suddenly is seen to be without a leader, and therefore a risk to suppliers and customers.
Without a charismatic leader like Powell, many independent-minded voters may now be thinking, Why bother?
All of the prospective GOP candidates face the challenge of uniting a party without a definitive leader after election losses last year.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo named Thomas Prendergast as chairman and CEO of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, ending a period of more than 100 days without a permanent leader atop the nation's largest public-transit agency.
It is simply impossible to become a great leader without being a great communicator.
Always pleasant when he woke up, he was a leader without peers in both the sleep field and the recovery field.
It should reflect your role as a leader without being distracting.
She is just down the road in Silicon Valley and she could show Mayer how to lean in to being a leader without abandoning the women behind her.
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The Internet may not be about to take over, but at these prices, it's hard to imagine how a PC vendor can be a sales leader without an Internet distribution strategy.
Peers agreed to back the "architecture and principles" of the report without a vote, but Lords leader Baroness Royall said they could make changes to the details, including the proposed levels of daily allowances.
Under the constitution, it is the governor-general's prerogative to invite a party leader to form a government, with or without an election.
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So it was in 1998 when the Tory leader of the Lords, Viscount Cranborne, secretly reached a deal with Tony Blair without telling his own leader William Hague.
In the end, we seem to want evidence that a leader can do without a co-pilot before we are willing to groom him or her for more collaborative roles.
They will learn to be a leader who influences without controlling, who defends the culture and values of the commons first and foremost, and who collaborates with others to effect change but only when that change is in the best interest of the collective.
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Opposition politicians have argued that delaying Chavez's swearing-in without designating a temporary replacement leaves no legitimate leader in charge of Venezuela.
Without emotional intelligence, hubris sets in, and a leader will overestimate his own ability and alienate others.
Tom Daschle, a former Senate majority leader, could help Mr Obama's team put pressure on Congress without alienating its members, a problem that can dog first-term presidents.
"Without objection, on behalf of the majority leader, I send a cloture motion to the desk, " Cornyn said.
When Ecowas was formed in 1975, the majority of its members states had military heads of state - and a new coup leader was therefore warmly welcomed at meetings, without anybody batting an eyelid.
In these postmodern times only a leader with moral gravity can talk about doing the right thing without provoking cynicism.
The savvy leader looks for ways to maintain control without alienating the team, a team that is essential if the company is going to succeed.
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What is clear is that Britain's Competition Commission will not want Sainsbury's or Asda to win Safeway without significant store disposals, to prevent a duopoly with Tesco, the clear market leader.
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Boehner risks his standing as a party leader if he continues conceding on measures that become law without majority support from House Republicans, which also would fuel continuing unrest by conservatives who traditionally comprise the GOP base.
With Ms Gillard as its deputy leader, the Rudd government steered Australia through the global financial crisis without a recession.
Scottish Conservative Leader Annabel Goldie asked how many suspects had been interviewed by police without a solicitor, how many had been convicted and how many could be expected to appeal depending on a legal decision expected towards the end of the year.
Without a strong internal candidate, however, they are looking outside their ranks for a new leader.
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