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Cultural Intelligence

You probably are familiar with IQ, which is an indicator of general cognitive or mental

ability. You also may be familiar with emotional intelligence, which is discussed in

Chapter 19 of your course text. Leaders with high emotional

intelligence are better able

to understand others, meet their needs, and influence their actions. The assigned

articles, "Cultural Intelligence in the Global Economy" and "Cultural Intelligence: The

Key to Global Leadership," introduce a third type of inte

lligence that is critical to

effective leadership in diverse settings. Cultural intelligence (CQ) takes emotional

intelligence a step further and indicates a person's effectiveness in interacting and

working in culturally diverse environments. The good new

s is that cultural intelligence

can be learned and improved over time.

To prepare for this assignment:

·

Review Chapter 12 in your course text,

The Art of Leadership.

Pay particular

attention to the information on emotional intelligence.

·

Review the article,

"Cultural Intelligence and the Global Economy." Make note of

the three parts of cultural intelligence and concentrate on the action plan

information.

·

Review the article, "Cultural Intelligence: The Key to Global Leadership." Focus

on the three steps to hel

p leaders increase their cultural intelligence.

·

Complete the Cultural Intelligence Center's "Self Assessment of Your CQ." After

obtaining your cultural intelligence results, consider the reflection questions at the

end of the assessment. You may also want

to further examine the "Enhancing

CQ" tab on the left of the website for additional information.

·

Think about how your cultural intelligence might influence your ability to lead in a

diverse setting. Also think about how you might go about increasing it.

Th

e assignment: (1

–

2 pages)

·

Summarize the results of your self

-

assessment of cultural intelligence.

·

Explain how and why your cultural intelligence might influence your ability to lead

in a setting that is highly diverse. Be specific and use examples to illus

trate.

·

Explain what you learned about yourself as a result of the self

-

assessment. Also

identify any areas in which you would like to increase your cultural intelligence

and what you might do to increase it.

Some websites to look at:

Tan, J.

-

S. (2004). Cul

tural intelligence and the global economy

.

Leadership in Action,

24

(5), 19

–

21. Retrieved from

http://www.ccl.org/leadership/pdf/publications/lia/v24n5question.pdf

Campigotto, N. (2009).

Cultural intelligence: The key to global leadership

. Retrieved from

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tp://www.wabccoaches.com/bcw/2008_v4_i3/a

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global

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workplace.html

Cultural Intelligence

You probably are familiar with IQ, which is an indicator of general cognitive or mental

ability. You also may be familiar with emotional intelligence, which is discussed in

Chapter 19 of your course text. Leaders with high emotional intelligence are better able

to understand others, meet their needs, and influence their actions. The assigned

articles, "Cultural Intelligence in the Global Economy" and "Cultural Intelligence: The

Key to Global Leadership," introduce a third type of intelligence that is critical to

effective leadership in diverse settings. Cultural intelligence (CQ) takes emotional

intelligence a step further and indicates a person's effectiveness in interacting and

working in culturally diverse environments. The good news is that cultural intelligence

can be learned and improved over time.

To prepare for this assignment:

 Review Chapter 12 in your course text, The Art of Leadership. Pay particular

attention to the information on emotional intelligence.

 Review the article, "Cultural Intelligence and the Global Economy." Make note of

the three parts of cultural intelligence and concentrate on the action plan

information.

 Review the article, "Cultural Intelligence: The Key to Global Leadership." Focus

on the three steps to help leaders increase their cultural intelligence.

 Complete the Cultural Intelligence Center's "Self Assessment of Your CQ." After

obtaining your cultural intelligence results, consider the reflection questions at the

end of the assessment. You may also want to further examine the "Enhancing

CQ" tab on the left of the website for additional information.

 Think about how your cultural intelligence might influence your ability to lead in a

diverse setting. Also think about how you might go about increasing it.

The assignment: (1–2 pages)

 Summarize the results of your self-assessment of cultural intelligence.

 Explain how and why your cultural intelligence might influence your ability to lead

in a setting that is highly diverse. Be specific and use examples to illustrate.

 Explain what you learned about yourself as a result of the self-assessment. Also

identify any areas in which you would like to increase your cultural intelligence

and what you might do to increase it.

Some websites to look at:

Tan, J.-S. (2004). Cultural intelligence and the global economy. Leadership in Action, 24(5), 19–

21. Retrieved from http://www.ccl.org/leadership/pdf/publications/lia/v24n5question.pdf

Campigotto, N. (2009). Cultural intelligence: The key to global leadership. Retrieved from

http://www.wabccoaches.com/bcw/2008_v4_i3/a-global-workplace.html