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Entries in Cultural Intelligence (35)

Monday
Nov112013

Cultural Intelligence for Mental Health Professionals

I spoke recently at the 4th WA TRANSCULTURAL MENTAL HEALTH & 2nd Australasian REFUGEE HEALTH CONFERENCE 2013 in Perth.  My workshop, Increasing your Cultural Intelligence,  followed the opening keynote by Professor Fred Bemak titled; Critical dimensions in Transforming and Understanding Responsive Transcultural Mental Health. So Fred, too, was focusing on cultural intelligence and how to be effective in situations of cultural diversity.

Professor Bemak spoke about delivering mental health services in other countries or with other cultures where we may be dealing with people with different cultural value dimensions.  He challenged practitioners to consider their practices from the perspective of their clients who may not share Western values.  He asked - are our therapies, strategies and practice management standards universal?     

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Tuesday
May212013

How Eurovision increases my Cultural Intelligence

Last weekend we enjoyed watching the Eurovision Song Contest.  It was a Eurovision  (EV) Party. We sang along, we danced, we laughed with some competitors, shouted when the ones we liked didn’t get the points we felt they deserved, and ate and drank in Australian/ European party style.  Like many Australians we enjoy the crazy, cheesy, festival of song and each year learn a little more about the countries that host and compete.

It is a perfect vehicle for increasing all four factors of cultural intelligence (CQ). 

The CQ Drive component is about motivation and confidence;

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Tuesday
May072013

It doesn’t have to be a lonely planet - Global networking skills

So you’ve moved overseas.  You need to build relationships.  Work relationships and social relationships. There may be barriers of language and culture; there will be barriers of unfamiliarity.  Unless you have connections that know and trust you –you will be seen as a newcomer, an outsider. 

How can you bridge that gap to effectively build relationships?

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Wednesday
Feb132013

Cultural Integration

I’m traveling to Washington in March, to speak at the ‘Families in Global Transition’ conference.  This year the theme is Cultural Integration and the Illusion of Closeness.  I will be speaking about Cultural Intelligence and how it contributes to cultural integration – more details below.

In the lead up to the conference, I’ve been thinking about cultural integration; what it really means and whether or not we have it in the workplaces and the social groups I am involved with here in Sydney. 

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Friday
Oct052012

What's new for CIC members?

This is our monthly update for CIC members alerting you to new resources on the cicollective.com website.

New in e-books is the Living in Limbo resource, for those times when it seems like you’re stuck waiting, perhaps waiting for visas, or head office approval.  That time of uncertainty can be hard to manage.  This short e-book gives you some strategies and things to think about.  We’ve saved it in ‘Leave Well’ but it may also be relevant at other points of your assignment, such as when you are waiting for the next move!

The e-book Finding Your CQ Knowledge

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