The greatest project leaders
   hardly make their presence known.

Next best are those
   who are loved and honored.

Next come those who are feared.

Next the PHBs, who are despised.

The demand to be trusted is not enough;
  indeed, it finds no trust.

The true leader shuts up and shows us the code.

Then when the tasks are accomplished,
   and the project is complete,
   all the contributors say,
   "We did it ourselves."