I always enjoy reading Dan Coyle's blog and his recent article on leadership and how strong leaders are often willing to undertake mundane and seemingly trivial tasks like sweeping up or collecting litter.
It ensures that the rest of the team don't believe that they are superior and that the success of the team is more important than anyone individual.
You can read more at http://thetalentcode.com/
It must take a huge amount of humility and inner, quiet confidence to be able, as a leader, to tidy up and sweep floors as some of the leaders like John Wooden or Ray Kroc do as described by Coyle.
On the same subject there is a great book on the ethos of the All Blacks rugby team called Legacy by James Kerr which I strongly recommend. Kerr discusses one of the All Black's core rules to be part of the team and ensure continued success. "No Dickheads." is the protocol stands out and it says it all really
Cheers
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