Work vs the welfare of the group

Recently, in my theatre work I've begun to notice more clearly those people for whom the 'work' is most important and those for whom the welfare of the group is equally important. When I was younger, at music school, I was fond of the model of the empowered auteur artist, who by some very special ability, the rarefied atmosphere of their spectacular talent, they are able to say what goes. Invariably this meant that the individual became at the least impolite, at worst a bully. And on most occasions their talent didn't warrant this kind of special treatment. Now, I think the welfare of the group (in collaborative artmaking like theatre and music) is as important as the work and that when the group feels unified, cohesive then this tends leads to better work. The unity shines in the work. And a friend of mine said, you can bully people into quality work perhaps only once.