5 Leadership Takeaways from the Cleveland Cavaliers

1. A leader must have a clear vision.

"Lue always felt like this was the right move..."

2. A leader needs to communicate the vision on an individual level.

"We talked about it before he got here; it'd be a better fit with him coming off the bench."

3. A leader must have empathy.

"but we also both talked about what I've always done my whole career is I've always started and that's what I know so our goal was to see how it was.”

4. A leader must remain patient until the individual team members buy into the vision as their own.

"After an embarrassing blowout loss to the Orlando Magic in their third game, Wade came to Lue and asked to come off the bench -- accepting Lue's original plan, just a couple of weeks later. Rather than say, "I told you so," Lue praised Wade for coming around on his own."

"He came to me and said, 'You know what Coach? What you said was right. I'd be able to be featured more in the second unit and be able to handle the ball more, so let's make that move and make that adjustment,'" Lue said. "That's what professionals do. No ego. He saw it was best for the team for him to come off the bench. It was his call and here we are.”

5. A leader must serve and respect their team.

"a common ground between Lue and Wade -- a mutual respect, it would appear -- that the two can only build on as the year unfolds."