CQ® Standard Assessment

Find out how you work across cultures, and what to do next.

A 15–20 minute assessment that measures your Cultural Intelligence (CQ) and shows you how to develop it. Your report is ready as soon as you finish.

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What you will learn ⟶
The cover of the interactive CQ report, showing every CQ score as a bar

30 years

of research

150+

countries

250,000+

individuals assessed

1,000+

peer-reviewed papers

Some situations go well. Others do not, and it is hard to say why.

Most people know moments like these:

  • A meeting where your direct, efficient approach was read as rude, or your careful approach was read as slow.
  • A new team, client, or market where the habits that always worked for you suddenly do not.
  • A colleague whose decisions make sense to them but not to you, and the conversation that never quite resolves it.

These moments are rarely about expertise, effort, or good intentions. Very often they are about Cultural Intelligence.

What CQ is

Cultural Intelligence (CQ) is the capability to function and relate effectively in culturally diverse situations.

It is not a personality type, and it is not fixed. CQ can be measured, and it can be developed. The assessment shows you where you are today, so you know where to start.

What you will learn

1

Your CQ

Percentile scores, compared with worldwide norms, for your overall CQ and the four capabilities: CQ Drive, CQ Knowledge, CQ Strategy, and CQ Action, with 13 sub-dimensions and what each score means for you.

2

Your behavioral preferences

Where you fall on ten preferences, such as how you approach time, decisions, and communication. No preference is right or wrong. Knowing yours helps you see why some interactions feel easy and others feel hard.

3

Your next steps

A practical next step for each capability, and a development plan for the next four and eight weeks that you can download and keep.

A CQ Drive chapter in the report: score rulers, feedback written for you, and a next step with an Add to my plan button

Personalized feedback, with you in control

If you choose, AI uses your scores and a few short answers about your role to write feedback and next steps that fit your situation. It is optional. Your name and email address are never sent, and AI-written sections are clearly labeled.

How we use AI in your report ⟶

Built on 30 years of research

The CQ® Standard Assessment is the original, validated CQ assessment. Researchers from 47 countries have published more than 1,000 peer-reviewed papers on CQ, and the research links it to how effectively people work, lead, adapt, and build trust when cultural differences are present.

Taking the CQ assessment helped me understand why certain conversations felt difficult — and what to do differently. It changed how I work with my team.

– Guido G.

In a world where crossing boundaries is routine, CQ becomes a vitally important aptitude and skill.

– HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW

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Questions

  • Your overall CQ, the four capabilities, and 13 sub-dimensions
  • Your placement on ten behavioral preferences, with what each looks like at work
  • Optional personalized feedback and a next step for each capability
  • Short knowledge checks at the end of each chapter
  • A development plan to download, print, or save as a PDF
Behavioral preferences on continua with a marker for your placement
The development plan with strength and growth tracks and target dates

Personality assessments help people understand themselves. CQ measures how effectively you work with people whose backgrounds, values, and expectations differ from yours. It does not replace the tools you already use. It increases their effectiveness.

Yes. It is the same assessment and the same interactive report, packaged for individuals. CQ® Pro adds tools for giving it to a group.

No. There is no best profile of behavioral preferences. Your CQ scores show where you are today, so you can decide where to focus.

No. It is optional. If you opt out, your report includes standard guidance for every result. How we use AI in your report.

You have lifetime access to your report and development plan. You can also download your report and plan to keep.

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CQ® Standard Assessment

  • The CQ® assessment and ten behavioral preferences
  • Interactive report, as soon as you finish
  • Optional personalized feedback
  • A development plan to download and keep

Total

$31.00

After you order, you will receive an activation code to start the assessment, and we will send the same activation code by email. Questions? 616.855.1737 · info@culturalq.com

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