Program on Social Intelligence Columbia Business School

Welcome to Columbia Business School's Program on Social Intelligence (PSI), a series of MBA courses and extracurricular activities designed to enhance students’ abilities as leaders throughout their careers. PSI will impart techniques and frameworks for managing individuals, teams, organizations, and networks in dynamic, global contexts. PSI activities are grounded in a proven blend of empirical assessment, experiential learning, and executive coaching. This combination helps students sharpen their self-awareness, judgment and decision making, and expand their abilities to solve problems.

MBA Program

Streams of thematically related PSI activities, focused on different aspects of leading, are offered throughout the MBA Program. The focus starts with managing oneself and one’s peers and then shifts toward managing from a position of authority within an organization.

• Navigating Careers: Assessment feedback on personal interests, motivators, and strengths is used in combination with coaching to help students’ career planning. Experiential workshops provide practice in networking and interviewing successfully.
• Leading Teams: Assessment feedback on teamwork styles, experiential exercises, and peer advisor coaching are used to help study groups develop effective team processes.
• Advanced Leadership: Continued training and practical experience is offered to second-year MBAs serving as club leaders or peer advisors.

In addition to the three streams, a number of MBA courses cover topics that are highly related to the concepts of PSI:

Core Courses

• Leadership Development
• Power and Influence
• Organizational Change
• Social Networks and Social Capital

Elective Courses

• Managerial Negotiations
• High Performance Leadership
• Top Management Process
• Managerial Decision Making