leaders

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

leaders
    n 1: the body of people who lead a group; "the national
         leadership adopted his plan" [syn: {leadership}, {leaders}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

leaders \leaders\ n.
   the body of people who lead a group; the leadership[3]; as,
   they hung the leaders of the insurrection.

   Syn: leadership.
        [WordNet 1.5]