Being “nice” usually costs you something at work. Could these days be coming to an end?

Being “nice” has historically been a financial obligation in the workplace. Decades of research into personalities and success found that “agreeableness” in the workplace is the trait least likely to result in a raise, while “difficult” men net half a million dollars more in lifetime earnings, according to one study.

But as artificial intelligence automates technical and procedural “hard” expertise, the ability to build trust, manage stakeholders, and employ high emotional intelligence has become a world-class skill.

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