Description & Rationale

As with Emotional Intelligence and Mentoring Intelligence, Cultural Intelligence is a skill that the effective leaders needs to grow into. As with the other “quotients,” these are not necessary skills the leaders is born with but rather must learn the skills and implement them in their lives and ministry. This competency chapters focuses on defining Cultural Intelligence and then how this skill then is applicable within ethnically diverse settings as well as within subcultures within similar cultures.

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Syllabus: 7.10 Cultural Intelligence

7.11 Syllabus

Description and Rationale

As with Emotional Intelligence and Mentoring Intelligence, Cultural Intelligence is a skill that the effective leaders needs to grow into. As with the other “quotients,” these are not necessary skills the leaders is born with but rather must learn the skills and implement them in their lives and ministry. This competency chapters focuses on defining Cultural Intelligence and then how this skill then is applicable within ethnically diverse settings as well as within subcultures within similar cultures.

Objectives

Upon completion of this Competency the candidate should:

• Gain a better conceptual knowledge of Cultural Intelligence and how it can impact one’s ministry.
• Be able to use the tools provided to increase their own cultural intelligence and begin to implement this knowledge within their own team.
• Have an accountability partner or mentor who can provide feedback from their own experience and how a greater cultural intelligence has impacted their lives and ministry.

Core Requirements

• The candidate will complete the following readings:

MultiCultural Team Building Chap. 1-5.

                Mentoring Intelligence, Jeske, Chapter 1

• The candidate will complete the Comprehensive Assessment and be prepared to discuss their responses with their mentor.
• The candidate will also complete a 3-5 page reflective summary paper comparing and contrasting their cultural default with their overall cultural intelligence in dealing with others.

Mentoring Goals

• To help the candidate better understand the importance of Cultural Intelligence and how this can impact their ministry.

• Assist the candidate implement skills that will increase their own cultural intelligence.
• Using the Candidate Evaluation and other resources provided, the mentor will design a development plan for the candidate in order to achieve competency in this area.

Candidate Evaluation

• The candidate will be evaluated as to their level of development in this competency (Undeveloped, Developed, or Proficient). Using the chart provided, the mentor will facilitate a discussion regarding how the candidate can increase their organizational cultural awareness.

Development Plan

• Based upon the Candidate Evaluation, an appropriate development plan will be designed to help the candidate grow in their own cultural intelligence.
• This will include further work from the core readings, additional comprehensive learning, supplemental assignments, and various practicums.