Kepemimpinan menyelaraskan potensi dan kompetensi.

Kepemimpinan means leadership.

It is related to:

• memimpin = to lead
• pemimpin = leader
• kepemimpinan = leadership

So this word refers to leadership as a quality, role, process, or concept, not to a specific person.

Menyelaraskan means to align, to harmonize, or to bring into harmony.

It comes from:

• selaras = in harmony, aligned, consistent
• menyelaraskan = to make something aligned or harmonious

In this sentence, it means that leadership brings potential and competence into alignment.

This is a common Indonesian word-formation pattern.

• Base word: selaras
• Prefix: meN-
• Suffix: -kan

Together they form a verb meaning to make something become selaras.

The spelling changes because when meN- is added to a root beginning with s, the s usually disappears and meny- appears instead:

• selaras → menyelaraskan

The suffix -kan often gives a causative or transitive sense, so the verb means to cause something to be aligned.

The structure is:

• Kepemimpinan = subject
• menyelaraskan = verb
• potensi dan kompetensi = object

So the pattern is:

Subject + Verb + Object

Literally: Leadership aligns potential and competence.

This is a very normal Indonesian word order.

Indonesian does not normally use articles like a, an, or the.

So:

• kepemimpinan can mean leadership in general
• whether it means leadership, the leadership, or a leadership approach depends on context

If Indonesian wants to make something more specifically definite, it may use words like itu, but very often it simply leaves the noun bare.

Indonesian verbs do not change form for tense the way English verbs do.

So menyelaraskan does not itself mean specifically:

• aligns
• aligned
• will align

The time is usually understood from context.

In this sentence, it most naturally reads as a general statement or timeless truth, so English often uses the present: Leadership aligns potential and competence.

Yes, they are common, especially in:

• education
• management
• leadership training
• HR
• professional development

They are fairly formal and have a professional/academic feel.

Roughly:

• potensi = potential, capacity, latent ability
• kompetensi = competence, capability, demonstrated ability, professional skill

They are also easy for English speakers to recognize because they are close to potential and competence.

They are related, but not the same.

• Potensi = what someone could develop into; unrealized or developing capacity
• Kompetensi = what someone is already capable of doing well, often in a measurable or professional sense

So the sentence suggests that leadership helps connect:

• people’s possible strengths with
• their actual abilities or qualifications

This pairing is very common in formal Indonesian.

Yes, menyelaraskan is an active verb.

The sentence is active because the subject (kepemimpinan) is doing the action.

A passive version would be:

Potensi dan kompetensi diselaraskan oleh kepemimpinan.

That means: Potential and competence are aligned by leadership.

In Indonesian, the passive often uses di-:

• menyelaraskan = to align
• diselaraskan = to be aligned

No, they are different.

• pemimpin = leader
• pimpinan = leader, management, or leadership/body of leaders, depending on context
• kepemimpinan = leadership as an abstract concept or quality

So in this sentence, kepemimpinan is the best choice because the meaning is about leadership itself, not a specific leader.

In Indonesian, nouns usually do not need special plural marking unless the speaker wants to emphasize plurality.

So:

• potensi can mean potential in general, or kinds of potential
• kompetensi can mean competence in general, or multiple competencies

Because both are abstract nouns here, leaving them unmarked sounds completely natural.

If needed, Indonesian could make plurality clearer with words like:

• berbagai potensi dan kompetensi = various potentials and competencies

It sounds formal and somewhat institutional or professional.

A sentence like this would fit well in:

• a presentation
• a leadership seminar
• an HR document
• educational or motivational writing

It is grammatically simple, but the vocabulary is more formal than casual everyday conversation.