Growing up I always leaned into leadership positions. I liked to be able to control what was going on and how things would be executed by the group. The older I got the more I realized that leadership is not just about control, or telling people what to do, or automatically being respected because of the position I held.
The older I got, I realized that leadership isn't any of those things. Leadership is being responsible. It's being able to critically observing and providing feedback. Leadership is about humility, accepting feedback and constructive criticism.
Being a leader means pulling your sleeves up and doing the hard work along everyone else. Leadership doesn't exempt you from doing hard work, in fact the opposite is true. It requires you to not only do the hard work along side others but also motivate them. By making those deposits in your role you will be able to ask and make requests of the people around you. You can not only ask people to get tasks completed. Sitting by the sidelines and watching everyone else work will have you lose credibility and trust.
As you all progress in your scouting careers and beyond make sure you are asking for and making adjustments based on feedback. Be the type of leader that is willing to do any task to get get the job done.
A scout is trustworthy.