Once, I had a difference of opinion with my HOD over a Humanities matter. I don't want to get into too many details but basically it was about how to teach students how to do Source Based Questions.
I thought that his template style of teaching was cumbersome and confusing.
Finally, I sarcastically said, "I will just follow the official party line." My HOD did not like that answer and he said that his leadership style is by persuasion and not coercion.
To be fair, this was true. I think many HODs would not like their teachers arguing back with them. This bro had the tolerance for that. Good man.