Dear Colleague,
89.4% of students think they're workplace-ready. Only 42.5% of employers agree.
That's not a skills gap. It's a design gap. We (Alankrita Pandey, Joy Beatty, and Kimberley Barker) are running a workshop at AOM 2026 built to close it.
Professionalism by Design: Turning Ideas into Impact in Business Education
[View the session and add it to your AOM agenda here]
Date: Sunday, August 2, 2026
Time: 8:15–9:45 AM
Venue: Pennsylvania Convention Center, 100 Level, 1101 Arch St, Philadelphia
Session ID: 13233
No lecture. No slides to sit through. Just 90 minutes of building a real professionalism program - defined, planned, mapped, and critiqued - using evidence, not guesswork.
You will walk out with a definition, a plan, a curriculum template, and a critique framework you can use Monday morning.
Faculty. Administrators. Doctoral students. If this gap shows up in your work, this room is for you.
Synopsis attached.
See you in Philadelphia.
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Alankrita Pandey
Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti MI
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