Behavioral preferences are personal preferences – how you prefer to act and interact. These preferences have no intrinsic meaning. In other words, it is not “better” to have one preference or another. Instead, the behavioral preferences are simply descriptive ways to help individuals think about their own preferences and how others may have different preferences.
The ten behavioral preferences were compiled by the Cultural Intelligence Center and informed by extensive research published by Hofstede, Trompenaaars, Edward Hall, the GLOBE leadership study, Schwartz, and others. These preferences are relatively stable and there is no need for people to try to change their preferences. Instead, it is important to adapt our behavior to fit the preferences of others. Those with high cultural intelligence adapt their behavior to the preferences of others and this enhances the quality of relationships.
We all interact with people who have different backgrounds. This workshop helps people understand those who have different behavioral preferences so they can develop more effective cross-cultural connections, and improved personal and professional relationships.
Additional Training Highlights:
- Creating self-awareness of how behavioral preferences influence your interactions with others.
- Flexing your behavior to fit the behavioral preferences of others.
- Developing effectiveness working with multicultural colleagues and customers.