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CULTURAL INTELLIGENCE DEMYSTIFIED: EXPLORING ITS IMPORTANCE AND ESSENTIAL BEHAVIORS - CHAPTER 02

  ***Continued from Chapter 01 (Covered previously: Meaning & Understanding of Cultural Intelligence, Cultural Quotient, Definitions,   Components of Cultural intelligence , Framework for Cultural intelligence ) Link to Chapter 01: https://conceptsnest.blogspot.com/2024/05/cultural-intelligence-demystified.html Cultural Intelligence in Institutions Institutions, too, have cultures, often very distinctive; anyone who joins a new company spends the first few weeks deciphering its cultural code. Within any large institution, there are sparring subcultures as well: The sales force cannot talk to the engineers, and the PR people lose patience with the lawyers. Departments, divisions, professions, geographical regions—each has a constellation of manners, meanings, histories, and values that will confuse the interloper and cause him/ her to stumble. Unless, that is, he or she has a high Cultural Intelligence. Cultural Intelligence Profiles Global leaders who possess a high leve