It's interesting to me that when I imagine the trope of an idealized executive, I imagine a cold, stonefaced person. When I imagine a manager, my imagined idea

It's interesting to me that when I imagine the trope of an idealized executive, I imagine a cold, stonefaced person. When I imagine a manager, my imagined ideal is a warm and conscientious person. For individual contributors, I imagine lukewarm and single-minded. For team members, warm and cooperative. So if most of humanity values warmth, how did executive types end up at the top of the pile? I thought that I would eventually move into executive levels when I was focused on a management career, but the managers I admired who could move their people always seemed distinct from the hardasses who could move mountains. I'm just now realizing this. Anyways, your comment piqued my interest because of the big impact the mental model of "warm/cold" has had on my social life. I'm more compassionate of cold people because I assume that they just haven't learned that mental model. I also literally sometimes imagine myself as cozy warm to help me open up and welcome in.