Wow, this is the nail on the head for the tension between directive and collaborative leadership. It proves the case for situational leadership where the leader is constantly adjusting their leadership style based on the competency and commitment of their team. This is clearly not an either/or approach but a both/and:
“In management circles, leadership tends to get reduced to two opposing models: You’re either a traditional top-down leader who believes in the organizing power of clear chains of command, or you’re a collaborative, bottom-up leader who puts more faith in flat organizations, holocracies, and approaches that put leaders in more of a facilitator role. Advocates of either approach will tell you why theirs works best, and why the alternative is a disaster.”