The software industry expends a massive effort to help teams understand how to work differently to take advantage of the unique characteristics of software. What it hasn’t done, however, is explain the importance of leadership embracing new ways of working. The conventional wisdom is that software development leaders should just empower their teams, remove roadblocks, and get out of the way. While this works well when teams can work independently, it ignores the contributions leaders can and should be making in more complex situations. The goal of this short summary is to provide guidance for how leaders should take advantage of the unique characteristics of software to drive greater value for the business. It starts with a real-life example of a software project that delivered breakthrough results and uses lessons learned from that example to help leaders understand the types of changes they should be influencing and the impact those can have. Then, it provides some basic common-sense principles software leaders can leverage to address their unique challenges.