Tomes have been written about effective leadership.
One of my faves is Primal Leadership, written by Daniel Goleman, et al (you can find it under the Book Recommendation tab on this site).
In the book, DG articulates six types of leaders: Visionary, Affiliative, Democratic, Pacesetting, Commanding, and Coaching. The best leaders I know flex among and between those six typologies.
Coaching is the one that speaks to me the most. In pretty simple form, it is grounded in a few on-repeat questions:
What are we doing?
How well are those things advancing us toward the Vision we have articulated?
If so, how might we do them better?
If not, how can we take corrective action TODAY?
We can't do it ALL today, but we can do SOMETHING today.
As with all recipes (and the best things in life), it's more art than science.
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