Deborah settled disputes for Israel under a palm tree. Leadership doesn’t need a fancy office.

A whole nation’s arguments got settled by a woman sitting under a tree with no building, no staff, and no title on a door. People came because she was good at it. Authority follows competence and trust, and it borrows the office afterward if at all. Waiting for the position before you act is usually waiting for permission nobody was going to give.

Notice where people already come to you, and take that seriously. Sort out the thing in your group that nobody has sorted, from wherever you happen to be sitting. The palm tree version is available this week.