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Using concepts of emotional and learning skills, this research paper addresses how it is possible to identify within a current manager the skills needed to become a future executive manager. For many years, researchers in the United States have been studying emotional intelligence, assessing its strengths and weaknesses for business sciences. However, this is not a common research topic in France, where learning styles and skills have been studied for about twenty years. This article examines relationships between emotional skills and managers’ learning skills. Several research purposes are defined. The sample was composed of managers and executive managers in a French company. Emotional and learning skills were evaluated using questionnaires. These quantitative analyses show that, on the one hand, emotional and learning skills differ between executive managers and managers, and that, on the other hand, emotional skills contribute to the efficiency of learning skills.