Some additional ideas (though @amirathi has summarized it in an amazing manner) * Make it so things roll the same if you're not here. * Help them finding solu

Some additional ideas (though @amirathi has summarized it in an amazing manner) * Make it so things roll the same if you're not here. * Help them finding solutions but do not fix things for them. * Get their respect not through fear and or forcing them, but by doing the boring things and showing them that you care about what they do. * Do your best to make them shine, let them know how much value they create. Once thing I experience at my current job and that I love is that I am both the 'manager' of the team and a developer inside the team. I love this, even though it needs that you know exactly (and make known) when you wear which cap, is that you can achieve the above points easier. I love being able to show them that I can design, code and work. That makes it easier for them to respect me.