Five Leadership Lessons for ‘Tough’ CEOs

Tough-talking CEOs don’t recognize the value of leaders who excel at feeling empathy, regulating their emotions, and taking the time to read people. Tough talkers often point to the success of autocratic CEOs like Elon Musk, ignoring the more human-centered styles of leaders like Apple’s Tim Cook and Microsoft’s Satya Nadella — whose companies have valuations that eclipse those of Musk’s. Here are five key truths about strong leaders that can help tough talkers adapt to modern work environments.

In this column for MIT, Brian Elliott and Sophie Wade get into the research and data behind human-centered leadership and lay out five lessons that "tough talk" leaders need to take away from strong leaders who take a human-centric approach.

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