take-charge

[teyk-chahrj] /ˈteɪkˈtʃɑrdʒ/

adjective

able or seemingly able to take charge:

She is a take-charge management type.

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“He may be on a troubled team, but he has a take-charge attitude,” de Blasio joked.

Bill De Blasio’s Retro Values Are Back in Fashion Michael Daly September 29, 2013
It may also reflect a general sense that Trump is a take-charge businessman who would know something about fixing the economy.

Trump Steals the Spotlight Howard Kurtz April 6, 2011

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