Assessments

Our research-based assessments are designed to measure effectiveness in diverse situations and to promote a deeper understanding of our own approaches to life and work and how those compare to others.

Getting Started with CQ Assessments

What Are Cultural Values (Behavioral Preferences)?

Cultural values, also known as behavioral preferences, are preferences people have for navigating life. They indicate how people prefer interacting, communicating, planning, and completing tasks. By understanding and comparing your preferences with the preferences of others, you will develop insights that can help you improve your interpersonal effectiveness. Behavioral Preferences are neither good nor bad, rather they describe how you prefer to do things. Learn more about Behavioral Preferences.

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Utilizing the Cultural Intelligence (CQ®) Framework

Once you understand your own Cultural Values, you can apply the CQ Framework to improve how you interact and work more effectively with others.

CULTURAL INTELLIGENCE, or CQ®, is a globally recognized way of assessing and improving effectiveness in culturally diverse situations. It’s rooted in rigorous, academic research conducted across more than 100 countries and it’s being used by leading companies, universities, and governments around the world.

Rather than memorizing facts about different cultures and applying stereotypes, CQ gives individuals and organizations a model for diagnosing and responding to complex intercultural situations. Learn more about Cultural Intelligence.

In culturally diverse situations, CQ predicts:

Personal Adjustment and Adaptability
Judgement and Decision-Making
Negotiation Effectiveness
Trust, Idea-Sharing, and Innovation
Leadership Effectiveness
Profitability and Cost Savings

What's Your CQ?

The 4 pillars of CQ are:

Assessing your Cultural Values and Cultural Intelligence

Once you understand your own Cultural Values, you can then use the CQ model to help improve your interactions with others.

We recommend assessing your own Cultural Values and Cultural Intelligence by picking one of our Assessment options below.

DID YOU KNOW: Your CQ is not fixed. With some simple but intentional goals and strategies, you can enhance your CQ.

CQ ASSESSMENT OPTIONS

We have a variety of assessments that measure Cultural Intelligence (CQ) and Cultural Values (CV). Our CQ Assessments measure an individual’s capability to work and relate effectively with people from different nationalities, ethnicities, and cultural backgrounds. Our Behavioral Preferences Profile measures individual preferences that influence approaches to life, school, and work. Our most popular assessments are below. Contact us if you are looking for something specific.

Self-Ratings and Norms for the 4 CQ Capabilities and 13 CQ Sub-dimensions
Personalized Development & Action Plan
Personalized Behavioral Preferences Map
Available in Multiple Languages
Customized Feedback Report

Self-Ratings and Norms for the 4 CQ Capabilties and 13 CQ Sub-dimentions (at Time 1 and Time 2)
Personalized Development & Action Plan
Personalized Behavioral Preferences Map
Available in Multiple Languages
Customized Feedback Report
Compare Pre/Post Assessment Scores

Practical tips for approaching life, relationships and work
Personalized Development & Action Plan
Personalized Behavioral Preferences Map
Available in Multiple Languages
Customized Feedback Report

Feedback Report

Those that purchase a CQ Assessment receive a customized CQ Feedback Report. The report identifies your strengths and developmental opportunities for functioning effectively in multicultural settings.

CULTURAL VALUE ORIENTATIONS
Individuals have personal preferences or individual cultural value orientations. Sometimes individual orientations reflect one’s nationality or ethnicity but not always. In the report, we show your personal orientation on ten cultural value dimensions compared to the tendencies of ten cultural clusters.

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