Just because you are a leader, does not mean you have unlimited authority to dictate to your team. In reality, since your team is the final possessor of authority, you only have as much authority as is delegated by your team.
Since we are all considered priests, saints and ministers of the gospel, as the Bible makes clear, leaders need to understand that they are given to their team for only one purpose: to enhance the ministry of these "ministers."
Christians do not know who they really are. When they are finally convinced of the fact that they are priests and ministers, they will begin to act the part.
If a leader is wise, they will recognize and respect the wisdom that rests in the members of their team as it acts together, and will demonstrate their respect by taking the decisions of the team to be wise counsel. These leaders should continually treat their team members with the respect due to them as priests and ministers because God, not them, has designated them as such.
Someone put this video montage together showing a bit of a sport analogy on this topic, including the back ground music and lyrics which suggest some of the things I have mentioned here. I am not necessarily one of those who believe that sport analogies are best comparatives to leadership issues but this was pretty interesting.
http://youtu.be/RkzWGoCd8rU
