What defines effective leadership in sport?

WHAT defines leadership? Genuine, effective, outstanding leadership?
Where you galvanise and motivate people to trust and follow your instructions to the letter, not because they’re being forced to, through an imposed hierarchy, but because they intrinsically believe in what you’re saying.
I’d venture that you need the requisite experience, resilience, skills and competence before you even start the conversation. What then?
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