Celebrate the agitation
Instead of demonizing people raising issues, celebrate the agitation. If people don't raise issues, consider why not. It could be because they stop believing you care or don't think you want their best ideas. Both are problematic.
The day your people stop bringing you their problems, you have stopped leading them.
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