leadership...

"I felt you led a unit two ways. I'd seen commanders who led by persuasion, and I saw leaders who lead by example. I thought the best was a combination."

"Delta Force"
Col. Charlie A. Beckwith, USA Ret.

There is a fourth way and that is the Navy Way! You give orders and verify that your orders were carried out. If they are not carried out correctly, you kick ass until they are. If they are carried out correctly, you don't need to do anything. After all, the people obeying your orders were just obeying your orders and
merely doing their jobs.

Praise and thanks really are not needed!

Perhaps some lines of a song, "The Hymn of the Friendlies", could say in a nicer, more poetic, way what is really a cold blooded way to run an organization:

Glory, honor, praise and profit,

Are but toys of tinsel worth.

Render up your work, unasking,

It is amazing how much people prise tinsel.

It does take a lot of watching to make sure people are obeying. The easiest way to avoid too much supervising is to have highly detailed SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) that people adhere to. Of course, the unexpected caused problems (by definition, these are issues not covered by the SOPs), so the "leader" should run a risk aversive shop and then this both covers his ass and avoids the hassles of "leading" your troops in a crisis.