They ask no one to do things they are unwilling to do themselves. They are known for doing more than their share. Although they will make the hard calls and take responsibility for their acts and suffer the consequences, they draw from the wisdom of others and welcome feedback, especially from people with other point of view. Effective leaders are remembered less for their wise decisions and hard working than for their authentic interest in people. People working for them sense that they are valued, deemed worthy of trust, and judged capable of doing the job at hand.
Leaders provide adequate resources and guidance.
They encourage, then they step back and let others function in their own personal styles. Leaders are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them. They make the impossible happen. Great leaders were imbued with certain characteristics, physical, social, or psychological, that allowed them to lead. These traits such as being charismatic, enthusiastic, courageous, confident and so on were considered to be the identifying marks of leaders.