I have learned that only two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy. First, let her think she's having her own way. And second, let her have it.
Ultimately a genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.
But look, you did not have to be well versed in politics to know that some stupid things were going on. It is the counsel's job to stop them, and instead the coverup was created.

