What leadership activities should people be doing?

Low-context slop fests of emails and meetings does not a leader make.

Ask most managers about their daily leadership activities, and I bet they'd snarl back at you: "I make money." That's certainly one aspect of leadership, although we know from research that about 21.4 million middle managers add absolutely no value back to their firm. So, there's that! The other response you'd likely get to "What leadership activities a…