My desired approach to management is exactly what you ask for, servant-leadership. That said I do find it difficult sometimes. It's hard to find the balance bet

My desired approach to management is exactly what you ask for, servant-leadership. That said I do find it difficult sometimes. It's hard to find the balance between driving the vision of the business and serving your employees so they can do stellar work (my experience is startups so this probably doesn't apply to bigger corps). I find many employees who haven't been in an executive position don't understand the pressures that surround needing to find a path for the company to be successful. It is a process filled with doubt and trying to whittle down many options to choose the correct one and sometimes even with great data the answer is not clear. The hard part is shielding the employees from the ambiguities of the business decision process and delivering a clear vision that can be executed upon. Anything else leads to confusion and the sense that the founders/executives are unsure (which as humans they always are, even when they're not). This friction has existed in every place I have worked as an employee or as a founder.