Creating Your PDP
awareness and relationship
management. Hult conducted research
a couple of years ago to identify which
were the most important skills
managers look for in an MBA
graduate. Not surprisingly, none of
them focused on hard skills but instead
emphasized leadership skills. Based on
this, Hult developed its program to
teach its students a combination of
hard and soft skills with a focus on
people management skills.
Hult DNA
If you are a Hult candidate make sure
to read the 18 qualities that a Hult
student represents. This will help you
decide if Hult is the right fit for you.
Once you’re in Hult, analyzing these
will cause you to go into an
introspective process to determine
which qualities you are lacking and
want to develop during your master
year. This tool gives you the space to
develop self-awareness by enhancing
your opportunity to do a self-
assessment.
In immersion you will be introduced to
the school with an important first
class, Leadership. In this class we
identify the reasons why developing
leadership skills are important.
Additionally, we had the assignment of
creating our own Personal
Development Plan (PDP). Part of
creating your PDP is selecting 3
elements you want to develop over the
course of the school year. With this
assignment I was able to identify what
I wanted to work on while also
defining a way to get there. I
established different habits and
actions to work on self-management
and reach results continuously
throughout the year. I think this tool
helped me realize that even if I identify
my emotions and goals, I should also
make an effort to follow steps that will
help me get there.
Coaching in Leadership
Our daily life is based on different
interactions with friends, colleagues,
family or even strangers. The reality is
that we’re social beings but most of the
time we don’t take the time to analyze
how these interactions are happening
and how they are affecting our lives.
When we come to Hult we’re
immersed in an environment where
social awareness is very important, as
we will have many interactions
between very different people with
different backgrounds and culture
every single day. Hult emphasizes, in
our leadership class, to create that
social awareness while we learn about
team dynamics and how to develop our
leadership skills to be a good team
player.
Improving Your EQ