> Encouraging “maximum confrontation” is just going to create chaos. The goal is to work together to ship, not to argue and defy all the time. I can’t think of anyone who would want to work on a team where everyone had agreeableness dialed down to 0 where leaders encouraged confrontation all the time, except maybe for people who just like to argue a lot.
To "turn that down to 0" doesn't mean operating 100% of the time in non-agreeable mode. It also doesn't mean doing that only with your team. It also doesn't mean encouraging people to do it. It's just that sometimes you gotta put your foot down.
You jumped to another extreme, but the whole point is just that both extremes are problematic. An always 100%-agreeable leader needs a lot of luck to succeed.
To "turn that down to 0" doesn't mean operating 100% of the time in non-agreeable mode. It also doesn't mean doing that only with your team. It also doesn't mean encouraging people to do it. It's just that sometimes you gotta put your foot down.
You jumped to another extreme, but the whole point is just that both extremes are problematic. An always 100%-agreeable leader needs a lot of luck to succeed.