Webinar - What is Cultural Intelligence?

What is Cultural Intelligence (CQ)?

Cultural Intelligence or CQ is defined as a globally recognized way of assessing and improving effectiveness in culturally diverse situations.  But why is CQ important, why do we need CQ and how do you use CQ to improve relationships in both your professional and personal lives?

Join us for our upcoming webinar on “What is Cultural Intelligence?” 

David Livermore, President of the Cultural Intelligence Center, along with Ritika Wadhwa, Director of UK Operations for the Cultural Intelligence Centre, will take us on a journey exploring how CQ can be used to diagnose and respond to complex intercultural situations.

During the webinar participants will learn:

  1. What is culture and cultural intelligence
  2. Why do we need CQ
  3. The differences between CQ and other models such as cultural competence or intercultural effectiveness
  4. What are the 4 capabilities needed to work effectively with people who are different from you
  5. Benefits of being culturally intelligent
  6. How to measure one’s own CQ and start your journey toward being culturally intelligent
Register for the webinar today.  All webinar registrants automatically get a chance to win 1 of 5 signed copies of David Livermore’s book Leading with Cultural Intelligence.

Co-Host and presenter

The Cultural Intelligence Center

David Livermore – USA

President and Founder

Cultural Intelligence Center

Co-Host and Moderator

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Ritika Wadhwa – UK

Director, Operations

Cultural Intelligence Centre – UK


David Livermore

President and Founder
Cultural Intelligence Center

David Livermore, PhD leads the Cultural Intelligence Center and works with our team and partners around the world. Dave has written twelve books on cultural intelligence and global leadership and has worked with companies, governments, and non-profits in more than 100 countries. He speaks at several international conferences annually. Dave and his wife have two adult daughters. They love traveling together (fortunately!) and sampling the local delicacies, wherever they go. For a full bio, visit Dave’s website.  Below is a collection of the books David has written.

The Cultural Intelligence Center

Ritika Wadhwa

Director, UK Operations The Cultural Intelligence Centre Ritika Wadhwa is our Director of UK Operations. She will be responsible for leading the Cultural Intelligence Centre’s work in the UK and beyond. Ritika brings over two decades of extensive experience in client retention, marketing, business development, and project management. Experience she has gained by working with senior stakeholders across continents, the corporate and Government sector.

Born and brought up in India, Ritika has the unique experience of living, studying, and working in senior roles in several multicultural countries. She is passionate about Cultural Intelligence and is a Diversity & Inclusion champion. Ritika has a degree in Economics and an MBA. She is fluent in Hindi, Punjabi, English, and spoken Greek.


Gary Cormier 

Senior Director
FAS HR Consulting, Harvard University

Gary P. Cormier brings a career of over 35 years’ experience in both Human Resources
and leadership management, the last 20 of which have been at an executive management
level. Gary has had a variety of experiences in leading various departments and functions
through periods of growth and change in a variety of different sectors. Gary has had overall
management responsibility for departments of over a hundred employees all the way down
to small team in an internet start-up and as an interim leader on management consulting
assignments.

Gary’s direct work experience has been in high growth companies (such as Lotus
Development), large enterprise organizations (such as IBM), HR solution providers (such
as BrassRing) and currently in the realm of academia (at Harvard University in a
leadership role as Senior Director of HR Consulting for the main university of Faculty of Arts
and Sciences, managing a team of ten Senior HR Consultants). Prior to this, Gary has also
been a co-founder of a startup company called MyPerfectGig, a recruitment sourcing
technology solution, having raised two rounds of venture funding in the amount of $11M.

Gary has been a marketplace presenter and OD/Management Facilitator on a wide variety
of topics related to HR best practices and innovative approaches to both HR and leadership
management. His work at Harvard University is in the capacity of a facilitator and trainer,
where he also delivers teambuilding sessions utilizing many team and individual
assessment tools.

Education:
Gary has a double BS Degree from Assumption College, Worcester, MA in both Biology & English Literature as well as a Masters in Theological Studies/Pastoral Counseling from Weston School of Theology, Cambridge, MA.


Dr. Lillian Schumacher

President
Tiffin University

Professional Highlights

  • Over 32 years’ experience in higher education and corporate environments; expertise in administrative
    leadership, teaching, assessment, accreditation, strategic planning, budget preparation/oversight, talent
    management, fund raising, diversity and inclusion and strategic innovation.
  • More than 23 years’ experience designing programs and teaching in the areas of organizational behavior
    and change, strategy, leadership, entrepreneurship, communication, human resources, international
    business and global leadership, and other related disciplines.
  • High degree of enthusiasm for establishing creative, stimulating and positive environments with
    demonstrated ability to lead whole scale change processes in organizational settings.
  • Approachable leadership style, with strong work ethic marked by dedication, initiative, integrity, and
    professionalism.
  • Lived and traveled extensively in the Middle East, Europe and Asia.
  • Transforming Tiffin University in areas of global mindset through comprehensive diversity and inclusion
    institutional identity; becoming a model example of strategic private higher education innovation through
    expansive alliance with other universities, consortiums and organizational partnerships.

Professional Experience

  • President, Tiffin University (TU) since 2016; served as Interim President, Vice President for Academic
    Affairs and Dean of the School of Business at TU. Before returning to Tiffin, with her family in 2010,
    Schumacher was an Associate Professor and founding Director of the PhD in Global Leadership program at
    Indiana Tech in Fort Wayne, IN. She served briefly as the first Director of Assessment and Institutional
    Effectiveness at Chancellor University in Cleveland and built that department. Before that, she was an
    Assistant Professor, Graduate Program Director and Assessment Coordinator in the Keith Busse School of
    Business and Entrepreneurial Leadership at the University of Saint Francis in Fort Wayne.
  • Trained consultant, facilitator and executive coach specializing in Cultural Intelligence (CQ), Emotional
    Intelligence, DISC Personal Profile Systems, leadership, strategic planning, and change management;
    extensive consulting with national and international companies.
  • Research interests: Organizational leadership and change; strategic management; cross-cultural sensitivity.

Notable Involvement and Recognitions

  • Women’s Career Excellence Award Recipient, Seneca Regional Chamber of Commerce, 2016
  • East Green Foundation Board of Director, (2019-Present)
  • National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU) Board of Director, (2019-Present)
  • Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of OH (AICUO), Executive Committee (2020); Board
    of Director, (2016-Present)
  • Ohio Foundation for Independent College (OFIC), Board of Trustee, (2018-Present)
  • Tiffin Community Foundation Board of Trustee, (2013-2019)
  • Ohio Campus Compact Board of Director, (2017-Present)
  • Webster Industries, Board Director, (2015-Present)
  • Tiffin Seneca Economic Partnership (TSEP), Chair (2020), Board Director, (2016-Present)
  • Industrial Manufacturing Council member, 2012-2015; Past President, (2013-2014)
  • Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP), Global Business Education Committee,
    October 2010-2015, Chair (2013-2015); ACBSP Evaluator, October 2011-December 2015; Mentor (2013-
    Present)
  • European Council for Business Education (ECBE), Board Member, 2012-2016

Professional Education

  • Doctorate is in Leadership Studies; Master’s in Organization Development and one in Higher Education
    Administration, all from Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, OH. Bachelor’s degree is in
    Economics, from Allegheny College in Meadville, PA


Tina Merry

Lead Consultant
The Cultural Intelligence Center

Tina is the Lead Consultant, Trainer, and subject matter expert in the corporate sector for the Cultural Intelligence Center. With over two decades of leadership and team development experience, she has an extensive production track record in video games and software development. Extended periods in senior leadership roles while living as an expat in Romania, Sweden, and the UK provided unique cultural insights and experience in enhancing effectiveness as a global leader, facilitator, and coach.

Tina is passionate about sharing the significant benefits of applying the CQ framework to accelerate innovation, excellence, and productivity within organizations. She is also passionate about helping individuals and leaders build more inclusive and collaborative workplaces.

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Webinar – What is CQ?

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“David Livermore’s work on cultural intelligence is an essential tool for working, living and leading in a world without borders.”

— Dick DeVos, Former Chairman and CEO of Amway

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About Cultural Intelligence Center

The Cultural Intelligence Center is dedicated to the worldwide assessment and development of cultural intelligence or CQ–a globally recognized way of measuring and improving intercultural effectiveness. It owns the only academically validated CQ assessment in the world and offers certification and training for using the assessment. More information about the Cultural Intelligence Center can be found on our website located at http://www.CulturalQ.com.

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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