There are no tricks to effective leadership. 

Leadership will always be strongest, most effective when the leader sees and regards herself or himself as a servant to those in her or his care. 

This is not for effect or for greater impact, it is simply how authentic leadership works. 

If you are the leader then you will be a servant who seeks to serve those whom she or he leads. You will do so with all your heart, mind, soul and you will love those in your care. You will love them to such a degree that they will end up even unknowingly tapping into the very best of who they are because that’s how people behave when they are loved. 

If you think of yourself as elevated, deserving of being served by others, afforded status by your role, you are not a leader no matter what you think you are. What you are is one who is capitalizing on those whom you are really called to serve. 

Your leadership function must benefit others, not you.  

When you are the true leader there is nothing you will not do within the bounds of law and the boundaries of sound ethics to enhance the lives of those whom you lead.