"...a leader who fails to act until every group has been heard from, every concern addressed, every lawsuit resolved, is a leader who's abdicating his responsibility." -- Giuliani
The fact is, abundant input is important! As leaders we seek teamwork, and know that two heads are better than one. Input is to be treated like gold. First, it's to be pursued passionately. Second, once gained, it's the least we can to do say "thank you," the most is to actually use it, and the middle ground is to explain in person why it was respectable and ultimately not used.
Marching-order, closed-door leadership works successfully, albeit manipulatively, in the short run while crippling teamwork in the end. Rudy notes that we're to be on guard against the opposite extreme too -- entangling ourselves in a web of "consensus-building." Put a time limit on the process -- but have a process, and communicate thoroughly.
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