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Getting the Most Out of D&I Initiatives

Getting the Most Out of D&I Initiatives

by Gary Covert | Aug 17, 2020 | CQ - Cultural Intelligence, D&I, Innovation, Leadership

When I was a kid, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups was selling their candy by highlighting that two good tastes were even better together. Anyone else remember those old TV ads? Two people would bump into each other, then one would say “you got your peanut butter on my...

CQ Coach is now Alpha Performance Coaching

by Gary Covert | Feb 4, 2014 | CQ - Cultural Intelligence, Personal Leadership, Uncategorized

Excited to be creating something new! CQ Coach is now Alpha Performance Coaching. The change is made to more fully express the services offered for organizations and continues the mission of transformational interactions to positively impact business performance....

Myth busting: International experience

by Gary Covert | Sep 16, 2013 | CQ - Cultural Intelligence

One of the big myths I come across with my clients is that international experience equals cultural intelligence. These two may be correlated but international experience does not automatically cause high cultural intelligence. In fact I would say that international...

Multiply your Global Potential

by Gary Covert | Jul 17, 2013 | CQ - Cultural Intelligence, Personal Leadership

Smart leaders delegate.  It is the only way to lead at a higher level and get more done.  The key question is evaluating when and if a staff member is ready to carry out the tasks that we want to shift to them. Shifting responsibilities to a staff person that is not...

Intercultural Business Tip: Use Food for Thought

by Gary Covert | Mar 5, 2013 | CQ - Cultural Intelligence, Personal Leadership

One of the key points of intercultural effectiveness is being able to change our behavior to suit the needs of the situation.  In the cultural intelligence world we call this CQ Action. One of the most common areas of adaptability has to do with eating and food.  The...

Intercultural Business Tip: Accelerate results and meet in the middle

by Gary Covert | Feb 27, 2013 | CQ - Cultural Intelligence

Effective teamwork can accelerate achievement of business results tremendously.  In regards to intercultural skills you can think in terms of basic physics.  Two objects will double their combined velocity if they are moving toward each other.  What that means for our...
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