The cost of being opinionated (forming and stating positions forcefully) is that you’ll tend to be wrong a lot. Because situations are messy. And the cost of being wrong, in credibility terms, is borne disparately, because the tolerances we afford, differ. (This is part of the “undertow” experienced by some groups.) So we navigate different forcefields. With more of an onus to nuance, and context sensitive clarity, on some. Both styles have organizational contributions to make.