优秀的领导者具备哪些特质？那就是能够提升他人的能力。
一位赋能型领导者拥有并践行着一个足够广阔而深刻的愿景，足以激励他人，并允许他们从中汲取力量，将其内化为己用。罗布·霍普金斯创立“转型城镇”运动时，他的愿景是将永续农业和生态设计的理念应用于地方社区层面。这是一个宏大的愿景，绝非任何一人之力所能实现。在这个愿景中，许多人可以挺身而出，实现自己的创意，追求自己的兴趣——例如，如何将空地改造成社区花园，如何在城市公园里种植森林花园，如何影响水资源政策或可再生能源投资。罗布最初的愿景激发了许多人发挥自身的力量和领导力。
一位赋能型领导者帮助团队制定战略——一个从现在到那里的计划，其中包含沿途的里程碑和目标。
赋能型领导者很少使用命令式领导方式。大多数时候，她以身作则，以说服力引导团队。但当需要发号施令时，赋能型领导者会挺身而出，并在必要性过后回归更民主的领导模式。
一位赋能型领导者也会退居幕后。他不会独占中心或聚光灯，而是总是寻找分享的机会。
一位赋能型领导者会将团队的需求放在首位。他会思考自己的每一个行动将如何影响团队。
当然，以上所述都是理想状态。我们可以努力追求，但大多数人总会在某些方面有所欠缺。一位赋能型领导者也会犯错。如果她从不犯错，那很可能是因为她尝试得还不够。一位赋能型领导者也善于学习，经验丰富且乐于道歉，能够弥补过失并继续前进。
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权力往往会集中，即使是最仁慈、最能赋能的领导者，随着时间的推移，也可能在不知不觉中开始囤积权力。当权力变得永久且固定不变时，团队往往会停滞不前。
协作团队需要制定策略来分享权力并培养所有成员的领导力。为了保持权力在团队内部自由流通，我们可以在团队结构中引入一些关键要素。
1. 限制权力积累
我们可以制定协议，限制每个人承担的责任范围，例如，限制他们加入的委员会数量，或者限制他们协调项目的方面。我们可以将大任务分解成小任务，并由多人分担。
2. 分担角色和职责
会议通常由双方共同主持，这样就能分担重要的角色。角色共享有助于我们发挥彼此的优势，弥补各自的不足。例如，天生性格优雅、善于交际的人，可能会寻找一位更注重界限设定、作风强硬的伴侣。
3. 轮换角色和职责
许多角色轮换都能带来益处，例如会议主持人。有些角色则需要扮演重要角色，例如媒体发言人或会议召集人。承担这些角色的人会获得更多关注，既有正面的，也有负面的。轮换这些角色可以更公平地分配赞誉和责任。
其他一些角色更像是必须完成的琐事——比如会议记录和分发、翻堆肥、聚餐后洗碗等等。当这些任务分担出去时，就不会有人被迫承担不受欢迎的任务了。
4. 培训和学徒
有些岗位需要培训和准备，例如主持大型会议、准确记账、在温室里扦插繁殖。为了团队的长期发展，我们可以创造各种途径，让成员学习、实习和接受指导，掌握这些技能。当团队整体需要某些技能时——例如沟通技巧、共识达成流程技巧——团队应该投入资源，为所有成员提供全面的培训。从长远来看，这将带来显著的回报，不仅能提升团队效率，还能避免大量无谓的争论！
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5. 开启电源
由于协作团队中的权力角色是流动的，领导者的部分职责就是感知何时以及如何交出权力。权力是循环的，我们可以相信，当我们放手时，其他人会承担起相应的任务和责任，从而让我们腾出时间去探索新的兴趣领域和迎接新的挑战。
6. 优雅地放手
在仪式中，我们常常会敲出一团能量，将大家的情绪推向高潮。鼓手们当然喜欢加快节奏，演奏一段激昂的鼓点——但我们并不鼓励他们这样做，因为那样他们会掌控节奏和能量的积聚（而且往往会出错）。相反，我们会教他们保持稳定的节奏，倾听大家的声音，顺应能量的流动，而不是去主导它。随着能量的积聚，鼓手的声音逐渐减弱，直到只剩下人声。人声也推动着能量积聚，因为每个人都有自己的声音，尽管并非每个人都有鼓。
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Although I like the comment about a good leader strengthening everyone else, I feel like it's written for only leadership of a public sector or community based endeavor. Apple and many other highly innovative companies would never exist with this type of leadership. Having run a small, very dynamic organization http://spatech.edu for over 22 years as well as being in high tech, the role of the leader's vision and values in forming the organization are critical. Without the vision and value, which must include standards of quality and discipline, the companies quickly disappear. The leader must care about people but their primary role is to care about the values and the mission of the organization.
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Great article.
It's hard for me to get that this quote was actually made by John Quincy Adams as this kind of language was simply not used in his time. I see it all over the internet attributed to him and it doesn't compute.