Cultural Agility: Building a Pipeline of Successful Global Professionals

CHAPTER 3

NINE CROSS-CULTURAL COMPETENCIES AFFECTING SUCCESS OF CULTURALLY AGILE PROFESSIONALS

As you’ve just seen in Chapter Two, the first three cross-cultural competencies in the Cultural Agility Competency Framework (cultural minimization, cultural adaptation, and cultural integration) are distinct because they enhance success only when they are activated at the right time and in the right way. The remaining nine competencies operate in a more intuitive, “more is better” fashion. They enable professionals to be effective in intercultural situations by helping them manage their own response set so as to quickly, comfortably, and effectively work in different cultures and with people from different cultures. These competencies also facilitate ...