Binary Leader

by Graham Email

A leader whose desire to "keep it simple" and "make it clear" leads to his/her evaluation processes being almost exclusively focussed on creating two alternatives at differeing ends of the spectrum. Black or white, chalk or cheese etc. Such leaders dismiss "shades of gray" and don't do "nuance".
This approach to problem-solving survives until the failure to consider althernative courses of action other than two false dichotomies leads to a project being derailed, at which point the leader is either forced to drop their binary approach or risk Exile or making a CLM or CTM.