Steven, You make several good points Steven. One is that you need to provide recognition. A good leader recognizes staff in public and corrects them in private. Another of your points, if I am interpreting it correctly is that you should give new leaders incremental authority to allow them to grow. This is critical. Everybody needs opportunities to succeed and success breeds success. Sometimes a good strategy is to give multiple people on the team some tasks that stretch their abilities and see which one emerges as a leader. This helps you to strengthen your management pool while developing new skills for everybody. Dr. Jamie Morley