The traits we’ve long sidelined in leadership, like compassion, collaboration, and humility, are no longer soft skills. They’re survival skills.
Assertiveness, dominance, competition, risk-taking: these are the hallmarks of traditional leadership models, and they’re overwhelmingly associated with men. From corporate boardrooms to political offices, the archetype of a “strong” leader has been built around commanding voices, hardliner decisions, and lone-wolf thinking.
