College admissions define ‘leadership’

To be honest, I dislike the way “leadership” has become a catch-all for every good quality. I was at a retreat for school earlier this year where the program runners scolded kids who showed up a couple minutes late to breakfast because it wasn’t good “leadership”. Why can’t we just admit that it’s great to be a leader, and it’s also great to have other virtues, like timeliness? (and empathy, and the ability to listen, and a strong work ethic, and…)