Blog / Tom Verghese
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Taking Culture to a New Dimension at Work
Now we have the tools to help us understand culture, how are we going to apply this learning? Are you ready to take cultural learning into your workplace? Over the last 12 months we’ve been looking at an in-depth discussion of Culture, Cultural Intelligence (CQ), what it is, and the impact it can have when … Continue reading Taking Culture to a New Dimension at Work
Avoiding a Cultural Festive Faux-Pas
How can you avoid making a cultural faux-pas when it comes to this holiday season and others throughout the year? With the end of year and festive season rapidly approaching I am always mindful of the significance of religious holidays to different cultures. Continuing our discussion around cultural intelligence and working across cultures, I thought … Continue reading Avoiding a Cultural Festive Faux-Pas
Providing Feedback Across Cultures
Providing feedback can be tricky at the best of times. However, throw in cross-cultural considerations and you’re talking a completely different game. As we continue our Cultural Intelligence series, I thought it would be useful to discuss some of the different ways of providing performance feedback that is culturally aligned. For a start, giving feedback, … Continue reading Providing Feedback Across Cultures
Bridging the Cultural Gap – A Case in Point
Having an understanding of Cultural Intelligence in one thing. Knowing where and when to apply it is a different thing altogether. Over the last few months we have discussed the idea of what Cultural Intelligence (CQ) is, the 4 key components that comprise CQ and how they are can be utilised in the workplace to … Continue reading Bridging the Cultural Gap – A Case in Point
Procurement Across Borders – Understanding CQ Action
Are you able to adapt your behaviours in cross-cultural encounters? Your final step may be to take more account of your CQ Action. Throughout this series of articles we have been looking into Cultural Intelligence (CQ) and it’s relevance to working across culture, distance and time. We have already explored 3 of the 4 main components … Continue reading Procurement Across Borders – Understanding CQ Action
Procurement Across Borders – Are You Aware Of Your Surroundings?
Are you aware of what is going on in a cross-cultural situation? How do you use that awareness to adapt and manage these situations effectively? In this series of articles we have been discussing the importance of Cultural Intelligence when working across culture, distance and time. Using and developing CQ is a highly effective way … Continue reading Procurement Across Borders – Are You Aware Of Your Surroundings?
Procurement Across Borders – Managing Situations In Which Culture Can Influence The Outcomes
Differences and similarities between cultures can be assessed in terms of core values, beliefs, norms and behaviour… In the previous articles, we began looking at CQ Knowledge which relates to your personal knowledge and understanding of other cultures. We introduced the idea that differences and similarities between cultures can be assessed in terms of core … Continue reading Procurement Across Borders – Managing Situations In Which Culture Can Influence The Outcomes
Procurement Across Borders – How To Navigate Cross Cultural Situations
Tom Verghese shares his advice on how to navigate cross cultural situations with different attitudes to hierarchy, religion and collectivism… In our last article, we began looking at CQ Knowledge which refers to your own personal knowledge and understanding of other cultures. We introduced the idea that differences and similarities between cultures can be assessed … Continue reading Procurement Across Borders – How To Navigate Cross Cultural Situations
Procurement Across Borders – Looking Into The Cultural Mirror
A useful tool for developing cultural intelligence is the Cultural Mirror, which plots culture across nine dimensions… As part of our ongoing article series on Cultural intelligence (CQ) we are discussing each of the four individual components of CQ and how they can be applied to effectively work across cultures. In earlier articles we discussed … Continue reading Procurement Across Borders – Looking Into The Cultural Mirror
Procurement Across Borders: Advancing Your Drive To Be A Global Player
Tom Verghese provides a list of tips which can be useful in advancing your CQ Drive… In my last article I discussed the three associated factors affecting CQ Drive, which are intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation and self-efficacy. Each of these components play an important role in understanding your own drive in terms of Cultural Intelligence … Continue reading Procurement Across Borders: Advancing Your Drive To Be A Global Player