Managers don’t really seem to understand that emotions are relevant

I got that quoted part above from this article, which makes a lot of tremendous points about emotions and work. Problem is, none of the points would be understood by most managers or high-level people in a business, which is the general problem of thought leadership. People talk at this esoteric unicorn rainbow level, and most biz guys just want a plan to get more leads and get shit done and out the door. That’s it. No one really cares about “Whole-Hearted Leadership” except the consultant selling it through keynotes, naw mean? It’s a game. Know your space in it.

For example, at the beginning of that article, they talk about “perspective-taking,” which is arguably the №1 business skill of modern times. It means looking at how the other person is feeling about a work situation / potential deal and responding to that. Do people do this in business? Sure. Is it common? No. Most people barge ahead with whatever they need in a given context. Also, if you said “perspective-taking” to an executive, they would view it as fluffy shit like Paltrow saying “conscious uncoupling.” It’s a term to make fun of, not embrace. That’s the problem with a lot of these supposed “work solutions:” they don’t use vocabulary that would make a decision-maker interested/care/want to follow through. They use words that decision-makers would guffaw at. Sad but…