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Fagerstrom Releases 14th Book

Oct 23, 2009

Dr. Douglas Fagerstrom, president of Grand Rapids Theological Seminary (GRTS), recently released The …
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Cultural Intelligence

Sep 19, 2009

Leading with Cultural Intelligence by Dr. David Livermore NOW AVAILABLE! How do you lead with cultural …
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Cultural Intelligence (CQ)

 

What's Your CQ and Why Should you Care?

You've heard about IQ and EQ. But, what's your CQ? CQ, or Cultural Intelligence, is more than just a kitschy catch phrase for cultural competence.  It's a fresh, new approach to leading in our multicultural, globalized world.  Cultural Intelligence is defined as the capability to function effectively across national, ethnic and organizational cultures.  Research demonstrates a leader's CQ may easily be the single greatest difference between thriving in the 21st century world and becoming obsolete.

 

Leading with Cultural Intelligence

How do you lead with cultural intelligence? Whether you're a CEO, a manager in a non-profit organization, or a solo entrepreneur, you know you shouldn't wing it cross-culturally. But you don't have time to master all the ins and outs of every culture you encounter. Click here to purchase.

 

 

 

Cultural Intelligence: Improving Your CQ to Engage our Multicultural World

 Released in 2009, David Livermore applies cultural intelligence to the many demands facing ministry leaders. The book includes findings from the Global Learning Center's three-year study on cultural intelligence for ministry leaders. Whether it's working with international church relationships, becoming a more multicultural congregation, or dealing with the varying cultures due to a ministry's organizational and generational values, this book is filled with practical tools for becoming a more effective ministry leader in the 21st Century. For more information including a sample chapter and a link to Amazon, click here.

 

Visit the Cultural Intelligence Portal for the latest research and resources on cultural intelligence.

"Culture Smarts: A More Culturally Intelligent Approach to Short-Term Missions"
by Dave Livermore. A brief overview of CQ as it relates to STM (originally appeared in the quarterly of National Network of Youth Ministries)

CQ and Short-Term Missions
by Dave Livermore. A chapter devoted to the application of CQ to STM by Dave Livermore.

Click here to learn about receiving a personalized, CQ profile.
GLC, in partnership with Michigan State University, offers a multi-rater instrument to assess your cultural intelligence.

Centre for Cultural Intelligence
Based at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.

"No Longer an Option: The Essential Role of 'Cultural Intelligence' in Youth Ministry"
by Brad Griffin, Assistant Director of the Center for Youth and Family Ministry at Fuller Theological Seminary.

Important books to understand cultural intelligence:

CQ: Developing Cultural Intelligence at Work by Earley, Ang, and Tan (Stanford 2006).

Cultural Intelligence: Individual Interactions across cultures by P. Christopher Earley and Soon Ang (Stanford 2003).

Handbook of Cultural Intelligence: Theory, Measurement, and Application edited by Soon Ang and Linn Van Dyne (Sharpe 2008).