Food for thought to understand and choose leaders.
Distinguish between leaders and followers
Most importantly on what basis you choose to follow ?
A format I follow which can be recycled for any situation where there is no active process of giving and receiving feedbacks like our toast master. Its 3 step process 1. ASK in REAL TIME 2. POSE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, 3. Press for examples
Sharing the Harvard article : https://hbr.org/2015/05/how-to-get-the-feedback-you-need