I have been reading the 21 laws of leadership by John C. Maxwell. One of the laws that pops out at me is the law of addition. Leaders should serve others and make a positive impact. Did you understand their needs and desires? You need to in order to add value in a positive and meaningful way. This goes beyond a fair wage and hours. Often times when a team fails, businesses fire the managers. However, Maxwell believes in rehabilitation. I haven’t read the whole book yet but in my opinion if the team isn’t following the leader it is likely an issue with leadership. This is your failure and you can’t blame anyone else. You need to be accountable or you’ll violate another rule: the law of navigation which involves reflect on past experience to over come current challenges and predict conflict.

I think you should read self help books. There’s so many good ones. It’s changed the way I thought and it can help you too.