Project on Cultural Intelligence

Running head: CULTURAL INTELLIGENCE 1
Cultural Intelligence
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Institution

CULTURAL INTELLIGENCE 2
Cultural Intelligence
Introduction
Today's workplaces remain more multicultural than ever, as well as it's normal to work
with individuals from many different backgrounds and places. This has opened up numerous new
opportunities. Also, it has created many challenges. Cultural differences are not just about
ethnicity, belief or nationality. Many people work in multigenerational institutions; have cultural
references, attitudes and assumptions that are incredibly different from their colleagues. And
cultural classes may even arise between teams and departments in the same institution. All of
these show that all people need to better at understanding as well as operating in various cultures.
That is where CQ, or Cultural Intelligence, comes in. This paper discusses things that relate to
cultural intelligence.
The cultural quotient is a term used in education, academic research, business and
government. CQ refers to the capability of an individual to function in a culturally varied
environment. The cultural quotient is vital for every person to work on, because communicating
with individuals from different cultures remains inevitable in the future career of an individual,
no matter what it is. I strongly believe that the concept of cultural intelligence is essential
because as a local minister, I shall be meeting with different people. As a local minister, I am
meeting with various individuals from all walks of life. Since I shall be working closely with
different cultures, it shall be especially essential for me to be adjustable to other cultures as well
as maintain an open mind to ways of life of other people. Without a cultural strategy, drive,
action and knowledge, I would be unsuccessful in working as a manager (Tax audit resolution)
and s a local minister. Therefore, the cultural quotient is essential because it enables diverse
individuals to be understanding of other people as well as their ways of life. Also, it allows many
people to share crucial ideas in the community.

CULTURAL INTELLIGENCE 3
Based on my cultural intelligence assessment results and personal reflection, these are my
strengths as well as growth areas in the four dimensions:
CQ Drive: This refers to the motivation to respond to and learn about a different
culture. Individuals who do not care what informs or shapes a society remain unlikely to adapt to
it. I scored moderate for my cultural quotient drive, as I am incredibly passionate about gaining
interest, as well as self-efficacy. I scored extremely high on the self-efficacy and moderate on the
extrinsic interest, and intrinsic interest. From this result, the two areas that I should work on
because they were moderate was the intrinsic and intrinsic interest. I am going to work on the
two areas by developing more confidence as well as looking for methods of learning when I am
in a different cultural experience. However, this result shows that I am incredibly motivated to
adapt to other cultural settings. Also, this result indicates that I am so confident in my capability
of interacting with individuals from different cultures. I will strengthen my cultural quotient
drive by improving on my cross-cultural communication skills.
Figure1: Result of My CQ Drive