Helping Others Develop

The purposes of the group are best served when the leader helps followers to develop their own initiative, strengthens them and the use of their own judgment, enables them to grow, and to become better contributors. -John W. Gardner

Expecting Initiative

Holding people to the responsible course is not demeaning; it is affirming. Proactivity is part of human nature, and although the proactive muscles may be dormant, they are there. By respective the proactive nature of other people, we provide them with at least one clear, undistorted reflection from the social mirror.

Stephen Covey, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People