How to better leverage the opportunity to teach Emotional Intelligence in management courses

Keywords: Ability Model of Emotional Intelligence, Emotions in Management Education, Teaching Emotional Intelligence

Session Type: ROUND

Abstract

Emotional Intelligence (EI) is an essential attribute for success for managers within any workplace. In management courses, students engage in activities that have the potential to provide rich opportunities to experience and navigate their own emotions and those of their peers. However, by itself, the experience of emotions is not sufficient to develop EI, individuals also require explicit activities that are designed to acquire such skills. In this workshop, I aim to address two key aspects: firstly, how classroom dynamics inherently create emotional situations, and secondly, how educators can guide students in utilizing these situations as valuable opportunities for enhancing their EI.

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