Technical skills are necessary but not sufficient to meet the challenges of today's entrepreneurs. Leaders are required to have interpersonal skills in order to build their teams, direct operations, and have effective relationships with investors, among other leadership challenges. Those who are successful demonstrate high levels of emotional intelligence, and this EQ can often what make the difference between success and failure.

PSU Professor Carolyn McKnight will lead an active discussion of what this means for you and your team and help you develop strategies for expanding your "entrepreneurial EQ" so that you and your company can succeed.

Speaker: Professor Carolyn McKnight, School of Business at Portland State University

Carolyn McKnight has been researching and speaking about corporate leadership and organizational development for over 25 years. As director of the Master of Business Administration programs at Portland State University, she is leading the nation's first program to integrate leadership development and management of innovation into the MBA experience. She also is responsible for executing the "360-degree assessments" and individual coaching that full-time MBA+ candidates receive as an integral part of their graduate business degree experience at PSU.