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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says empathy isn't a soft skill — it's actually 'the hardest skill we learn'::Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella talked about the importance of empathy as a skill in the business world while accepting the Axel Springer Award in Berlin.

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[–] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If we're going to be accurate, both psychopathy and sociopathy aren't recognized as clinically diagnosable conditions. The things we think of as psychopathy and sociopathy are part of a spectrum of personality disorders. Basically the same reason we don't fall people with down syndrome mongoloids anymore. It's inaccurate and stigmatizing. Not to say that CEOs aren't terrible, they are

[–] Jerkface@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Just to be a little more specific, those traits are part of what's known as the dark triad, which include psychopathy, narcissism, and machiavellianism. These traits are generally related to cluster B personality disorders, among which antisocial personality disorder has the strongest correlation with psychopathy.

https://www.fortunejournals.com/articles/exploring-the-dark-side-relationships-between-the-dark-triad-traits-and-cluster-b-personality-disorder-features.html