Cultural Intelligence For Our
Personal Lives
The foreign-born population in Nebraska and the USA is growing. We have neighbors, friends, family, coworkers, acquaintances, friends-of-friends, and other people who are not from here. You may have felt unsure of your ability to interact with them in the past, because you’re concerned about saying the wrong thing.
Who do you interact with on a regular basis that is from another culture?
Have you ever felt unsure of yourself while interacting with them?
Do you have cultural self-awareness?
Can you identify which of your behaviors comes from your culture?
When you interact cross-culturally, do you have the ability to recognize cultural differences in others?
When you interact cross-culturally, are you able to adapt your behaviors to communicate better?