Softer CEOs are in demand

Post-pandemic CEO recruitment prioritizes soft skills like empathy, humility, self-awareness, over hard skills. Successful pandemic leadership disclosed limitations, connected deeply. Companies, including Blackstone, acknowledge essentialness of soft skills. Recent research supports trend; CEOs with intellectual humility have better judgment, receive higher ratings. CEOs hire coaches to develop soft skills. Success hierarchy involves listening to learn, not win.

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