Quote Originally Posted by MihaelB View Post
If you're not in a position of leadership in real life or have no leadership experience, you will likely not be good at it. It's not something you can pick up and do, you need experience, understanding of human behavior and natural talent/charisma to lead people.
The quality of leadership is definitely important. The problem with this is that it is difficult to come across as charismatic in a purely text format, because it is impossible to accurately communicate tone or body language. The part that "leaders" need to get is that how they talk to people is what will make the bigger difference in this kind of situation.

Text exclusive environments are unique in that everyone has a flat voice and there are no readily identifiable authority figures. So, leadership becomes a 2 way street between tactical knowledge and good communication skills. Making good tactical calls gives credibility. Communicating those calls in short, simple, and easy to follow instructions efficiently without coming across as arrogant, egotistical, or condescending is paramount and helps the leader appear more charismatic. Having good people skills makes this kind of thing easier, but even the ability to create a point-form list can be wildly effective if done correctly.