Your Awesome Company

Working in Diverse
Teams

The people driving Your

Awesome Company's direction
 Does Team
Diversity
Enhance Decision
Making
and Problem
Solving?

Q2 of 2025
Teams made up of diverse members
tend to perform better than teams of
similar backgrounds.
Challenges and
Best Practices
for Working
with
Multicultural
Team ?
Low-Context Communication: High-Context Communication:

is a communication environment where

the message must be written in a clear,
direct and not misleading way so that
people can understand and respond
correctly.

is a communicative environment where

information is conveyed through the
context of implication and common
knowledge of culture and history.
 Your Awesome
Company

Developing
Cultural
Intelligence
Cultural
nce
• Cultural Intelligence (CQ) is the
ability to effectively interact with
diverse cultures.

• It involves understanding cultural

norms and adapting behavior
accordingly.
 Improved communication and
collaboration in multicultural
teams.

Enhanced ability to navigate cross-

cultural situations.

Increased empathy and

understanding of diverse
perspectives.

Benefits of Cultural Better problem-solving and

decision-making in multicultural
Intelligence: contexts.
 By engaging the Head, Body, and Heart in the pursuit of cultural intelligence, individuals can
enhance their cross-cultural skills and understanding, promoting effective communication,
collaboration, and relationship-building across diverse cultural contexts.

Head Body Heart

Acquiring knowledge and
understanding of different cultures.
Learning about cultural norms,
values, communication styles, and
customs through education,
research, and diverse cultural
experiences.
Developing adaptability and flexibility in
cross-cultural interactions. Actively
engaging with individuals from different
cultures. Practicing cultural sensitivity and
adjusting behavior and communication
style to fit the cultural context.
Developing empathy, curiosity, and openness
towards different cultures. Recognizing and
appreciating emotions, beliefs, and
perspectives of diverse individuals. Genuine
interest in learning from and connecting with
people from different cultures.
Divergent Cultural Dimensions
June 11, 2025

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