by Gary Covert | Sep 4, 2014 | Uncategorized
I was facilitating a workshop recently and was approached by one of the participants. He was an operations executive with a large international food manufacturer. The topic was leadership and he was getting totally overwhelmed with the reality of his role in having to... 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.... 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... by Gary Covert | Sep 14, 2012 | CQ - Cultural Intelligence, Personal Leadership
Many people start to learn a language, but soon get bored, frustrated and eventually quit. From my experience learning Japanese there were three key things that worked for me and I am sure they will work for you too. Key 1: Define an Immediate Need When I had kids... by Gary Covert | Sep 6, 2012 | CQ - Cultural Intelligence, Personal Leadership
When I was going to school for Japanese language I spent a lot of quality time with flash cards. One of the biggest hurdles for Western learners of Japanese is the fact that there are three sets of characters used for written communication: two phonetic alphabets...
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