Thick as Thieves follows a group of high-end criminals and their reluctant leader Carr.

The appearance, at least, was of a very reluctant leader.

"Jack's a reluctant leader in the beginning," he said, "but over the series he'll learn how to lead, and how to lead well."

Some Hasidic leaders, reluctant to leave their followers, found late exit to safety.

He failed to engender much emotional response in the public and became only a reluctant and disillusioned leader of his party.

The resulting portrayal is of Washington as the ambitious yet reluctant leader.

The result is a kind of prime-minister-despite-himself, a reluctant leader who dislikes the spotlight.

Charlie Brown is the very reluctant leader of the boys' group, well-meaning but struggling with his insecurities.

But Mattingly - the reluctant leader of the clubhouse - spoke with a kind of certainty he hasn't shown in the past.

The then German chancellor persuaded other reluctant European leaders to agree by telling them: "John needs this."