This is a study where five preschool teachers with different work experience are interviewed around the concept of leadership in preschool. The purpose of the study has been to visualize variations in the perceptions of leadership and the leadership role based on a phenomenographic approach. In order to gather data for the study, qualitative interviews have been used. The result of the study shows that there is a variation in the perceptions of leadership and that the same individual can have several different perceptions about the concept, depending on past experience and or external factors. These factors may be colleagues' professional experience and or guidance documents. The compilation of the material shows the importance of common rules and approaches in the work team, which in turn leads to the erosion of the limit of leadership. The conclusion of this study is that a major role of responsibility is not perceived automatically and interpreted as a clearer leadership role.