I've been a team leader and other "management" positions and most of the time, my job is to shield the team from external issues to allow them to do our needed

I've been a team leader and other "management" positions and most of the time, my job is to shield the team from external issues to allow them to do our needed work. It's also part of my job to show, by example, dedication to our common goals, even if that means that I'm there during overnight deployments or other uncomfortable / less-than-ideal activities. So I see myself as an equal that has a different role to the others in the team. There are occasions when there's something that breaks through that shield and then when I do ask either an individual or the team, they understand that I'm asking them to do something that I couldn't avoid or do myself.