I've spent enough years in leadership roles to know that you have the concept of who is strong and decisive backwards.

the ats-david approach is the strong and decisive. He'll be leading from the front and will be stepping out with the belief in his cause. He'll also have the wisdom to know his strongest followers will be those who come along on their own terms even if they have doubts. When the bad times come, and they will, they will be more willing look to his leadership through those times.

your approach is more bravado which means your leadership has to come from the rear while you drive people where you want to go. When the bad times come, and they will, those you've driven before they truly wanted to embrace the mission will be leaving in droves and cursing you the whole time.

Leadership isn't just about taking the lead, it's about the willingness of those who follow to see it through on the strength of the offered vision. Offered being the operative word.