It's the old "you are not the customer" but applied to management. I really really want to be told what the high level goals are and come up with a solution. So of course when I started managing people I worked really hard to communicate those high level goals and let them decide the how. They told me no thanks please just let me know what tickets to work on.People are different and motivated by different things and that's ok.
The dictator who listens really seems to be what the majority prefer because they don't actually want to be accountable for those decisions they just want a seat at the table.
featuregag|2 years ago
Yes. I would go so far as to say people want to experience the feeling of making decisions, of responsibility, without actually having any.