Cultural Intelligence, Diversity & Inclusion

Culture is a cluster of tangibles and intangibles passed down from generation to generation. More than 70% of international ventures fail because of cultural differences. Less than 40% of companies’ train employees before they go abroad. More than half of employees have low motivation or interest to interact with another culture. They stick to their comfort zone or familiar similar people.

Given the massive globalization and the technology disruption people from across the globe, remotest of areas, are working together, seamlessly. This has increased the cultural diversity at work like never experienced before.

Building a Cultural Intelligence in the organization is a must to create a collaborative environment. Accepting and thriving on Diversity can fuel a Company’s image and growth. Therefore, investing in building a Culturally intelligent, a Diverse and inclusive Organization has tremendous benefits.

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What is Cultural Intelligence, Diversity & Inclusion ?
  • Ability to work effectively across cultures.
  • CQ measures motivation, knowledge, skills and adaptability.
  • Career success in diverse cultural interactions has more to do with CQ than age, gender, location, EQ or IQ.
  • Employees with High CQ have an integrated view that appreciates both the diversity and similarities among humans. High CQ managers are not provoked by differences, they look for what they can learn from them.
  • Diversity and Inclusiveness is a quality of including many different types of people and treating them all fairly & equally.
Why is Cultural Intelligence, Diversity & Inclusion important for an Organization?
  • To attract the best talent in the market.
  • In 2017, Deloitte found organizations with diverse and inclusive cultures tend to be 6x innovative, 6x more agile in anticipating change, and 2x as likely to meet or exceed financial targets.
  • Studies show women are stronger at empathy, communication skills, patience, understanding consumer markets, systematic process orientation, public relation skills, multi-tasking and make effective team managers.
  • McKinsey study showed, “Companies in the top quartile for racial and ethnic diversity are 35% more likely to have financial returns above their respective national industry medians.”
  • Economist Intelligence Unit says 55% of companies are working to promote gender diversity and inclusion.
  • Glass door Survey says 2/3 of employees consider gender diversity as a major factor when choosing a job.
  • Hitachi found Employees who worked in generationally diverse teams were happier than those who did not.
Our Offerings
  • Cross Cultural Communication
  • Cultural Intelligence & CQ Assessment
  • Working in a Global Environment
  • US-India Cross Cultural Skills
  • Diversity & Inclusion
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