{"id":262498,"date":"2026-06-02T16:19:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T20:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/02\/why-one-biopharmaceutical-company-starts-leadership-development-with-emotional-intelligence\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T19:30:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T23:30:18","slug":"why-one-biopharmaceutical-company-starts-leadership-development-with-emotional-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/02\/why-one-biopharmaceutical-company-starts-leadership-development-with-emotional-intelligence\/","title":{"rendered":"Why One Biopharmaceutical Company Starts Leadership Development With Emotional Intelligence"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why One Biopharmaceutical Company Starts Leadership Development With Emotional Intelligence<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/kevinkruse\/2026\/06\/02\/why-one-biopharmaceutical-company-starts-leadership-development-with-emotional-intelligence\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-06-02 16:19:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.forbes.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Whether it\u2019s role-plays or simulations with AI personas, leaders get better by practicing real conversations and receiving feedback.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cPretty much the first thing we do in our leadership development program is train emotional intelligence,\u201d Lorna Hutchison-Milloy told me. As the Associate Director of Leadership Development and Coaching at Amgen, she leads a \u201csmall but mighty team\u201d focused on developing over 100 first- and second-line field leaders per year. <\/p>\n

Kicking off with emotional intelligence is intentional. \u201cWe regard emotional intelligence as the sort of foundation of all leadership development,\u201d Hutchison-Milloy explained. In practice, that means any aspiring and newly promoted field leaders take an emotional intelligence (EQ) assessment, engage in a workshop, and put together a strategic action plan for EQ growth.<\/p>\n

Only then do they move deeper into the longer six- or nine-month leadership journey. Her team\u2019s reasoning is simple: \u201cIf you look at coaching skills, performance management, situational leadership, and team leadership skills, they all require emotional intelligence.\u201d You can teach a leader what to do, but if they lack those social-emotional skills, the training won\u2019t hold.<\/p>\n

Across more than 40 interviews with talent development leaders, Hutchison-Milloy\u2019s approach stood out for how her team treats EQ as foundational. Rather than make EQ a side module, it\u2019s the soil that makes everything else grow.<\/p>\n

Lorna Hutchison-Milloy, Associate Director of Leadership Development and Coaching at Amgen<\/span><\/p>\n

Hutchison-Milloy<\/p>\n

Why Emotional Intelligence Is the Foundation of Amgen\u2019s Leadership Program<\/h3>\n

\u201cWe regard emotional intelligence as the sort of foundation of all leadership development,\u201d Hutchison-Milloy said. \u201cThat\u2019s because we believe that the most successful leaders are those who possess emotional intelligence.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her team trains leaders in the four core skills of emotional intelligence: self-awareness, self-management, social…<\/p>\n

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