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Someone asked me to describe my leadership style. I didn’t have a neat answer. I hadn’t really verbalized it before, and certainly not as a cohesive pitch. I stammered through some thoughts about autonomy and empowerment but I surprised myself with the disappointment I felt because I couldn't provide a thoughtful, thorough answer. Leadership, at its simplest, is keeping momentum and trust intact that advances the organization. Keep individuals and teams moving what they were hired to do. Keep the flow between teams, across functions, up and down the org chart. When that is interrupted, momentum evaporates, and trust follows right behind it. Presumably, the people on the team are there because they are experts at something <insert dry joke>. Trust them and let them do what they do best. Point the direction and let the team figure out how to get there. If I had to distill it to one line, that’s probably it — my closest thing to a leadership mantra. How it actually plays out Whe...