Values Leadership is not a binary state. Most people spend some of their time leading and some being led. If we were all equally qualified to lead, we would still want to designate one of us, perhaps in rotation, to act as the leader. Assuming that the group exists in a democratic, competent society where people want to be treated as adults, and not abdicate all power to a paternalistic leader, they will pick an individual somewhat more experienced than the rest, and capable of applying that experience to decision-making. Decisiveness is important.
Nothing harms confidence as much as a perceived inability to decide.
To survive, let alone flourish, an organization needs a large number of decisions made in real-time. It is, unfortunately, a common phenomenon for an organization to die because hard decisions are deferred from month to month. No-one likes dealing with, let alone being led by, people whose values are deliberately hidden from us. A leader is simultaneously a relay , communicating the values of the group, an amplifier , intensifying them, and a transmitter broadcasting entirely new values when they are needed. In order to command the respect of a group of people, nothing is as crucial as the willingness to delegate both responsibility and authority.