Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared on Zety.com.
While empathy is widely celebrated as a hallmark of good leadership, managers may benefit from keeping some emotional distance. New research from Zety and SIGMA Assessment Systems suggests that in environments where difficult calls are routine, emotional detachment can be an asset.
Analyzing nearly two decades of SIGMA’s proprietary Jackson Personality Inventory – Revised (JPI-R) assessments across more than 4,000 managers, the Empathy in Management Report reveals that managers score lower than the general population across the emotional cluster, which measures emotional sensitivity…
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