Let's face facts, many individuals in corporate leadership positions have created the illusion for themselves that their ideas alone are the best and their word on every subject within their sphere of influence is final, no matter what. 

Even though evidence to the contrary can be staring them right in the face, and/or other people could be shouting the truth at them all day long, but in their minds it doesn't matter. They will do what they want, no matter what, because they are the boss, and to their line of thinking that makes them automatically correct. Every professional in business today (regardless of industry) has at least one story of an encounter with a peer, manager, or executive that behaved this way, and many professionals unfortunately face this situation on a daily basis.

That brings us to what is one of the most important, yet difficult to achieve, aspects of management and leadership in general – keeping an open mind. Unfortunately, this concept is utterly disregarded by many individuals in leadership positions throughout the corporate world today.