Invisible Elders?

Esau was famished and said to his brother Jacob, “What good is the birthright to me?” So, for lentil stew and bread, Esau sold his birthright to his brother Jacob (Gen.25:29-34). Scripture clearly gives elders the leadership-right in the church, but I wonder if the elders have the sold their leadership-rights to the church staff? I’ve noticed that as the church staff increases, the role of the elders decreases. Part of my observation is based on the lack of elder visibility. You can’t follow leaders if you don’t know who they are. Since the New Testament church was elder led, whose leading today’s churches, the elders or the staff?