That was me. I was moaning about it on the thread about words/phrases that need banning.In the previous thread, someone posted about people using the term "thought leader" on LinkedIn or in CVs. Well, it also made its way into job descriptions apparently. A large UK company I'm interviewing for included the following sentence in the job description attached to the case study: "You are a thought leader capable of winning over executives". I saw this today as I didn't pay attention at first, but it was the very last line on the page. I don't know what to make of this. To be honest, what is even a "thought leader"? This term makes no sense. I'm not enough of an egomaniac to think I can be a "thought leader". These terms created by armchair career coaches the same way those con artists tell you one can invest £1 and earn £10K from it without doing anything.
Get ready for some word salad...
Thought leader is the expression of ideas that demonstrate you have expertise in a particular field, area, or topic. ... In short, the definition of thought leadership is innovative thinking full of insight and information.