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Cultural Intelligence or CQ® is an essential skill in our highly diverse and complex world. By getting CQ Certified in Washington, D.C., you will gain the expertise, skills, and credentials to help yourself and others develop CQ and make a lasting impact on individuals and organizations anywhere in the world.

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Get Certified In Washington D.C.

Join us for a week-long immersive and hands-on adventure! We’re hosting a robust experiential certification program on May 8 – 12, 2023. This will be the only in-person session this year that covers all three certification courses! The CQ CertificationCQ Train-the-Trainer, and Unconscious Bias Train-the-Trainer courses (each 1.5 days in duration) will be hosted in-person in the historic city of Washington, DC! Washington DC was founded as the United States capital in 1790 and is known as an international power center. Since then, it has remained a vibrant and culturally diverse city — rich with global cultures, historical sites, art, and much more!

Location Details:

Executive Conference Center
2345 Crystal Drive
Arlington, VA 22202
(near the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport)

If you have any questions, email us at certification@culturalq.com, or click on the button below to schedule a call. We look forward to seeing you!

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CQ Certification
May 8 – 9

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To train and certify participants to understand the CQ model and debrief the CQ feedback report.

Day One: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm | Day Two: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm (Eastern Time). Lunch provided.

  • Get Certified
  • CQ Model
  • Experiential Learning
  • Networking

Course formerly known as Level 1

cQ Train the Trainer
May 9 – 10

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To train and certify participants to conduct the Developing CQ workshop.

Day One: 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm | Day Two: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Eastern Time). Lunch provided.

  • Instruct Developing CQ Workshop
  • Go International
  • Full Access to Materials
  • Access CQ Network

Prerequisite: CQ Certification (Level 1)

Unconscious Bias TTT
May 11 – 12

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To train and certify participants to conduct the CQ Your Bias workshop

Day One: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm | Day Two: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm (Eastern Time). Lunch provided.

  • Teach CQ Your Bias Workshop
  • Non-Polarizing Discussions
  • Full Access to Materials
  • Get Equipped

Prerequisite: CQ Certification (Level 1)

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The facilitator provided thought leadership on CQ in addition to the course certification content and delivered it in a very approachable way. The course became, in turn, immediately applicable and relevant to my work as a CQ Consultant.

Emily Mathews
CQ Certified Facilitator

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Complimentary Cultural Intelligence for Leaders Packet

Learn to Lead with Cultural Intelligence

Now, more than ever, companies need effective leaders at all levels of the organization. Being able to bring together and get the best out of team members from different generations, socio-economic backgrounds, ethnic roots, countries, religions, and educational backgrounds requires a Culturally Intelligent Leader.

We have a collection of Cultural Intelligence leadership articles written by social scientist, speaker, and author Dr. David Livermore.  The article topics include:

  • 5 Questions Culturally Intelligent Leaders Ask Themselves Every Day
  • Leadership Advice You Should Ignore
  • How Culturally Intelligent Leaders Make Decisions

About the Author

David Livermore, PhD (Michigan State University) is a social scientist devoted to the topics of cultural intelligence (CQ) and global leadership and the author of several award-winning books. Learn more about Dr. David Livermore by visiting his website.

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