identity crisis for s1x@pa@t, please say no. make my shares proud grandpa!

p.s. colo 3 has atleast 3 customers with boxes labeled "memcache", word.

The only phrase you need as a leader:
"Yeeeeeah. I'm gonna have to ask you to [x y z]."

"If you could just do that from now on, that would be greeeeeat."

Man, I used to have a boss who would preface everything he asked of me with a long drawn out 'Yeeeeeah' - had no idea what Office Space was and never understood why I was losing it nearly every time he asked me to do the most mundane tasks. Good times.

Perhaps you could introduce the situational leaders to consensus decision-making.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consensus_decision-making

That in concert with bike-shedding would be my preferred method of management. Do you have a good URL for bike-shedding?

Hah.

http://bikeshed.org/

It's a good thing you mentioned bike shedding or I might be scared you were serious about consensus decision-making.

Be scared, I was serious.

You know I've lost my sarcasm detection, right? Don't confuse me. :-)

she must know her intrinsic style

Um, she? Does this only work for women?