If you want others following your lead, first you follow the lead of great leaders, listen to them, learn from them what makes them so great. Then you could be a great leader.
From my point of view, the article is egocentric. Ego is one of the biggest enemies of good work.
It should never be about following the leader blindly, specially if you manage(or co-work) smart, educated and experienced people, their opinions are of more value than yours in their areas of experience.
With ego over the table it is only about who wins the argument, and of course it is always the boss(who is up in the hierarchical level). Beware because this introduces resentment and procrastination on the team.
The article promotes this method, but this is not leadership, it is subjugation.