Due Process in Leadership: Fairness Before Judgment

When you master due process, you not only make better decisions— you become a leader others can trust with the truth. (Photo Credit: Getty Images)

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Introduction: Why Due Process in Leadership Is the Hardest Test

In moments of stress, uncertainty, or conflict, leaders face a powerful temptation: the urge to decide quickly. To judge quickly. To conclude quickly. It feels efficient. It feels decisive. It feels like leadership.

But in reality, the fastest judgment is often the least fair.

Human beings—leaders included—are wired for cognitive shortcuts. We form impressions in seconds, make attributions with limited evidence, and rely on instinct far more often than disciplined inquiry. When a colleague is underperforming, a team member makes a mistake, or a crisis emerges, our minds immediately construct narratives. Without structured due process in leadership, those narratives harden into decisions that can be catastrophically wrong.

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