With globalisation and digital technology, it is commonplace to work with international customers/partners and multicultural teams, both face-to-face and virtual.
Even though we are all connected, our "global village" has not diminished our differences - quite the contrary!
It is estimated that more than 70% of foreign establishments or projects, and up to 40% of expatriations, end in failure due to cultural issues.
Organisations are faced with a diverse and demanding customer base and multicultural teams that need to be understood, motivated and retained.
Cultural Intelligence enables you to demonstrate your dexterity and adapt to the diversity of your audiences.
+ Efficiency
Multicultural teams, international projects, international leadership and strategy
+ d'Inclusion
Cultural Intelligence fosters an inclusive culture that values differences
+ creativity and innovation
Cultural Intelligence enables you to capitalise on diversity and innovate
The notion of Cultural Intelligence or Cultural Quotient (CQ), by analogy with Intelligence Quotient (IQ) or Emotional Quotient (EQ), is a recent discipline that emerged in 2003: it is defined as the ability to adapt to and manage cultural diversity effectively.
Unlike intercultural management, which aims to compare cultures, Cultural Intelligence proposes a global approach to understanding diversity.
The aim is to turn differences into real assets!
According to a study carried out by the Economist among companies operating internationally in 68 countries, 90% of the executives surveyed felt that cultural intelligence is one of the main leadership challenges for the coming decades.
Understanding your own cultural glasses
A desire to understand other cultures
Capitalising on differences & turning them into strategic levers
Evolving skills and continuous improvement
The Cultural Intelligence model enables you to adapt your posture, behaviour, analysis and strategy to all types of diversity.
Colibri World adapts this model to the specific context of your organisation.
Interest, confidence and willingness to interact across cultures
Understanding the similarities and differences between cultures
Ability to adapt behaviour and posture
Ability to develop a strategy adapted to the cultural context
Colibri World works with you to develop a customised solution tailored to your needs. Exchanges of experience are at the heart of the entire training and consultancy process.
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