Nice perhaps and kind about taking the lead (6)
I believe the answer is:
resort
'nice perhaps' is the definition.
(French holiday resort)
'kind about taking the lead' is the wordplay.
'kind' becomes 'sort' (synonyms).
'about' becomes 're' (common abbreviation for 'with reference to').
'taking the lead' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'sort' put after 're' is 'RESORT'.
'and' is the link.
(Other definitions for resort that I've seen before include "haunt" , "Holiday town" , "place for holidaymakers to go to" , "Holiday destination" , "Make an anagram of" .)