Cultural Intelligence (CQ) refers to a set of four competencies that help individuals effectively navigate cultural differences: CQ Drive involves a willingness to engage with diverse others; CQ Knowledge is understanding cultural differences in values, assumptions, and beliefs; CQ Strategy is the ability to adapt one's perspective; and CQ Action is adapting verbal and non-verbal behavior. CQ helps organizations attract talent, innovate through diverse perspectives, and succeed in global markets by building relationships across cultures. Cultural Intelligence workshops teach CQ skills through interactive activities and real-world examples to improve intercultural effectiveness.

1. Cultural Intelligence is a set of four
generic competencies that transcend
national borders, stereotypes, or specific
cultural contexts.
CQ Drive is a willingness to work with
diverse others. This involves an ability to
overcome explicit or unconscious bias
and a capacity to persist in challenging
interactions.
CQ Knowledge is an understanding of
culture and cultural differences. This
involves more than awareness of
variations in language, dress, and
customs. Core cultural differences like
values, assumptions, and beliefs are
often invisible but cause the most
problems—and are frequently
overlooked.
CQ Strategy is an ability to flex mentally.
With high CQ Strategy, an individual is
not confined to a single worldview and is
open to new or integrative ideas.
CQ Action is an ability to flex verbal and
non-verbal behaviour. This decreases the
risk of miscommunication and helps a
person to respond to diverse others in a
manner that conveys respect and builds
trust and rapport.
Culturally Intelligent workforces have the
knowledge, skills, and abilities required
to detect cultural shifts, modify global
business models for local markets,
capture new markets, and establish
relationships and negotiate successfully
with diverse stakeholders.
Cultural Intelligence also supports
innovation through the promotion of
diverse networks, both inside and
outside of the organisation, and the
exchange and integration of diverse
perspectives, skills, and experience.
Plus Cultural Intelligence fosters more
inclusive work settings that attract,
retain, and engage top global talent.
CULTURAL INTELLIGENCE
WORKSHOPS
Cultural Intelligence, or CQ, is a globally recognised way of assessing and
improving effectiveness for culturally diverse settings. It is rooted in rigorous,
academic research conducted by scholars around the world. Leading
organisations in business, education, government, healthcare, and not-for-profit
are adopting CQ as a key component of personnel development.
Objectives
Our workshops transfer the knowledge,
skills, and abilities proven to enhance
effectiveness in diverse cultural settings
and an ability to self-learn from real-life
intercultural exchanges. As a dynamic
learning capability, CQ avoids
overwhelming participants with extensive
lists of 'dos and don'ts' and reduces the
likelihood of disorientation when
encountering novel scenarios.
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Approach
Our workshops are highly interactive.
Activity-based instruction engages learners
mentally, emotionally, and behaviourally,
which aligns more closely with the realities
and complexities of intercultural exchanges
and improves learning outcomes. Also,
because learning motivation increases when
training is relevant to the participants' lives,
our workshops incorporate the real-life
challenges facing participants.
Enhance Your Investment
We offer leadership support for instilling an
organisational culture and practices that
maximise the potential of CQ.
Format
We work with you to design and facilitate
workshops tailored to meet your needs.