Emotional Intelligence: The Pillars for the Professional Readiness Sequence in an
Abstract
To develop professionally ready graduates who will be worthy employees, effective managers, and dynamic leaders, students must be prepared to learn a variety of emotional and social intelligence skills including how to sense, understand, and effectively apply the power and acumen of their emotions and the emotions of others to facilitate high levels of collaboration and productivity for their future employers. Based on feedback from companies who hire its graduates, the university has a responsibility to provide students not only with a strong foundation in the major functional areas of business but also in professional readiness. We believed that emotional intelligence is a major component of professional readiness. We integrated emotional intelligence modules into a four-year professional readiness sequence. We believe these students’ emotional intelligence will continue to improve and they will be better equipped for leading tomorrow’s organizations. We hope other business schools will follow our example.