Why is it important to think about your management style so much? Because the style you choose will have a major impact on your office, in two different ways. It will impact the quality of the work done, and it will impact the attitude of your employees toward both you and the organization at large.
It's been said before: two heads are better than one. When you get the perspectives of other people, and hear their ideas and their thoughts, you're far more likely to make good decisions. Good decision-making relies on gathering a lot of information and considering a lot of alternative courses of action. This is far more likely to happen if you take input from several thoughtful people. There are very few people who have all the answers themselves (although there are some). Remember that it's always possible for you to miss something. Your employees have a ground-level perspective and hands-on experience with the work and the clients, which you, as a manager, may...