7.3.1.1: People on powerful positions sometimes have the tendency to isolate themselves. It can be explained by the leader's fear that consulting the others might lead to a process that is hard to control and perhaps limiting the own range of action. Such a leader or manager is no longer adequately fed with the experience from the actual work. Ultimately this leader will become surrounded by people who agree with everything,  thereby definitely cutting off the leader from realistic feedback. A reason for this phenomenon can be that a leader sticks to the once dominant ideas neglecting that members of the organisation meanwhile thinks differently. Not consulting them provides the possibility to continue the own policy. On a dynamic level there may be of course more reasons that could explain such behaviour. If the leader is not corrected and stays in place the organisation will die.

Read management&leadership 3: a consulting style of leadership. Read management&leadership 4: HRM. Read management&leadership 8: feminist leadership.