Because stepping on others to climb the corporate ladder is encouraged in most of the companies. People like that are seen as ambitious, competitive while peopl

Because stepping on others to climb the corporate ladder is encouraged in most of the companies. People like that are seen as ambitious, competitive while people who display empathy are seen as weak and unreliable. So at every level the filtering happens to pass up the least empathetic candidate possible. This eventually results in mostly soulless middle management and leadership who continue to hold the same culture together.