> It's not your job to convince your coworkers that your tool should be configured one way or another. That decision is owned by the team. It's only your job to

> It's not your job to convince your coworkers that your tool should be configured one way or another. That decision is owned by the team. It's only your job to get them to adopt the tool... "But lo! Men have become the tools of their tools..." I feel the author has missed the concept of leadership and is still thinking of it like an engineer. The idea of your team's opinions as "dangerous," or as obstacles you need to overcome to get your way, is not indicative of a leader to me, nor is the concept of actions as just a way to earn your team's trust ("Leadership Capital") so you can order them around later. That's a pretty myopic view of leadership bordering on sociopathy IMO. What is the point of influencing people? So much effort into convincing people, but why do you need to convince them? If you do not have a clear answer, or if your answer describes something about you and your views, sorry but you aren't a leader - you are only an opinionated person.