Who Gets to Decide What You Think? The Leadership Principle of Mental Sovereignty

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Mental sovereignty in leadership is the ability to maintain independent judgment while remaining open to expertise, criticism, and new evidence. Using the OceanGate Titan tragedy as a cautionary example, this article examines how authority bias, organizational pressure, and executive echo chambers can prevent leaders from questioning assumptions or acting on serious concerns. When employees believe […]