Always send thank you notes. Encourage your employees tell you what they think, about anything. This is part of what makes them change agents. They learn to speak using the cultural language of their audience. This allows them to evoke emotion.
Leaders love wacky people.
They are both interesting and bring more viewpoints to the battle planning process. Leadership is Service Leadership is Service. They are the people who go out of their way to help other people. Look, the leader's role is not to do everyone's job. It's to make it easy for other people to get the job done.