In personal or corporate life, there is no final stop, or moksha. Evita Don't, but do come down from your ivory tower ever so often. And let your reportees, both direct and indirect, gather there too. If you don't, you could miss out on the real reaction in your office to you and your style of management. Your jokes are always laughed at, and animated conversations taper off when you enter the room.
Consultants reckon there are two ways.
Have the mountain go to Mohammed. Sometimes, you have to probe a bit, and tease the truth out of them. If they seldom do it, there is something wrong. Of course, all of them also swear by the efficacy of a formal annual system of appraisal. Not true, is the resounding response to this one.