On notions of "hard" vs. "soft" at work

Men still predominantly run the business world, and men don't like to be associated with the term "soft." So we need a new path herein.

I was just sitting around letting my dog run in my new-ish yard and I read through this article on Wharton's website. It's by some 30-year veteran of leadership development programs, and he's essentially arguing that we need to bring "love" and "compassion" into work. I agree with this conceptually, sure, and about four years ago this week I wrote a pos…