A simple piece of advice, let the lady well in time which direction she is turning in. That means you start raising your hand to your left if you want to lead her in a clock-wise and to your right if it is going to be a counter clock-wise turn. In most of my dances I lead only with my finger tips or one or two fingers. This is because I generally 'let the lady know' where the turn is going.
As mentioned in another thread, move if you can't get the lady into the optimal position, i.e. always
For an exercise, when you get a chance to dance with a good follower, try do dance on the spot. That means you can turn but can't move off the mark. That way you can indentify quite easily where your greatest weaknesses in your leads are.
Anyway, good to see you spend some time thinking about that. I always do this sort of reflection on my way home from dance nights. Identifying what went wrong and what I can do to make it work next time.
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