> Why should I listen to you a) because other people listen to that person, and one person's smarts only outstrips the strength multiplier of followers in extr

> Why should I listen to you a) because other people listen to that person, and one person's smarts only outstrips the strength multiplier of followers in extraordinary circumstances b) because they're part of the tribe, and like it or not you're gonna be working with them. More useful to everyone to invest resources into figuring out what makes them tick than tuning them out. c) because responsibility is rarely as divestable as one might hope. If my team lead doesn't listen to me and then sets up the team to shit the bed, I can certainly document "I wasn't involved in this decision; I would have done it differently," but the response upper management's gonna give me is "If you knew a better approach, why didn't you coach the team lead to take it?"