With the constantly evolving business scenarios, leadership models are getting challenged. Emergence of new suppositions and experimentation with them is an ongoing process.
However, the rationale for any leader to exist is..

‘To Create Environment’

Environment wherein each member discerns his own potential.

Environment wherein each member is a free liberated soul to question anything.
Environment wherein each member has an empowerment of applying his own methods and at the same time becomes accountable for everything he does.

Apart from creating this conducive environment, Leader is as good as a Team.

This HBR article is bang on with the above premise.
It beautifully explains the concept of Servant Leadership.

Larger objective is always a desired outcome but everyone in the team is in the process of attaining their own small goals.
Necessary assistance to achieve them these small goals is all about connecting each of the cogs leading to a successful accomplishment.
Its that genuine empathy which creates magic and makes them do which they themselves are unaware off.

Ultimately the choice is yours.

Get obsessed with targets, results and outcomes or

Get obsessed with People.