Bernadette Boas argues that leaders don't need everyone to agree, but they do need trust. Involve your team in decisions and strategy, encourage respectful conflict, and you'll get real commitment to whatever comes next.
You don't need 100% of everybody to agree with you as a leader on what it is that you're trying to do. But you also don't want to, because remember, you're building trust, which means that you really respect and regard all of your team members. So you don't want to be also that person that mandates, "I'm the boss and this is the way it's going to be." Think about it. What would be far more productive and effective for you as a leader if there are key new initiatives, strategies, or decisions that are being made, good or bad, easy or hard, then to engage your employees in that problem resolution, in that decision-making, in that strategy. Because with that trust and with that ability to have healthy conflict, then you're going to get them to commit to it.
From Stuck to Leading, Episode 2 — Meet the 5 Inner Fears Destroying Your Leadership
