{"id":9177,"date":"2018-01-16T09:44:17","date_gmt":"2018-01-16T14:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stratusadmissionscounseling.com\/?p=9177"},"modified":"2018-09-17T17:33:25","modified_gmt":"2018-09-17T21:33:25","slug":"poetsandquants-why-eq-matters-in-your-bschool-application","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stratusadmissionscounseling.com\/blog\/poetsandquants-why-eq-matters-in-your-bschool-application\/","title":{"rendered":"Poets &#038; Quants: Why EQ Matters In Your B-School Application"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by Nathan Allen<br \/>\n<em>Stratus Admissions Counseling is as an expert source in this article.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It was 1990 when researchers from the University of New Hampshire and Yale coined the term \u201cemotional intelligence.\u201d About a decade later, Daniel Goleman, a\u00a0Rutgers University psychologist, wrote about the importance of emotional intelligence (popularly known as EQ, which stands for emotional quotient) in business leadership in the\u00a0<em>Harvard Business Review,<\/em> officially cementing the concept\u2019s legitimacy and importance.\u00a0And now, another two decades later, elite business schools are using the idea more and more to make admissions decisions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cResearch is showing that leadership is more than just management. It\u2019s the ability to work with others and motivate others towards a shared set of goals,\u201d says Susan Cera, director of MBA admissions at admissions consultancy Stratus Admission Counseling. \u201cAnd EQ is instrumental to being successful in working with and through others.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/poetsandquants.com\/2018\/01\/15\/why-eq-matters-in-your-b-school-application\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Nathan Allen Stratus Admissions Counseling is as an expert source in this article.\u00a0 It was 1990 when researchers from the University of New Hampshire and Yale coined the term \u201cemotional intelligence.\u201d About a decade later, Daniel Goleman, a\u00a0Rutgers University psychologist, wrote about the importance of emotional intelligence (popularly known as EQ, which stands for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[378],"tags":[655,652,653,654],"class_list":["post-9177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mba","tag-business-school","tag-mba","tag-mba-admissions","tag-mba-applications"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Poets &amp; 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