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Concurrent Session Track 3 - 10:30am - 12:00pm

FROM CQ TO SYM-Q™
INCREASE INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE AT YOUR INSTITUTION

Location: Boca VIII WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

Presented by: Constance Ridley Smith, Ph.D., Coordinator External Programmes, Training & Development,
Bermuda College, Paget, BM

Most Cultural Intelligence models focus on what the newcomer must do to blend in with the host culture. Success-
ful Intercultural relationships are a two-way street. As a result of attending this session, newcomers will be more
prepared to take the next step - living, studying, working, and playing in a culture that may be diferent from their
own. Members of the host culture will be more savvy about what it takes to help others to transition into their exist-
ing cultural environment.

Video vignettes will be used to approach subjects like the use of humor, assertiveness, formality, punctuality, levels
of profciency in the use of technology.

This topic will help you to:

• Learn more about how to make the transition into new environments.
• Discover the pitfalls of intercultural exchange before you encounter them.
• Improve your awareness of what it takes to be successful in a new culture.
• Maximize the potential of your intercultural relationships.
• Increase your organization’s readiness to accept newcomers.

Stay informed with our CQ research at www.cq4us.org

Expand Your Strengths, at the Strengths Café

Presented by Strengths Strategy

Strengths Strategy invites each Chair Academy Conference
participant the opportunity to experience a complimentary
25-minute sample Strengths Strategy coaching session.
This coaching experience will help you understand
how to increase your energy, performance and
engagement through the expanded use of your
strengths. You’ll learn more about the unique
contributions and needs of your strengths, and
how you can strategically apply them to develop
strengths-based leadership skills. You’ll be empowered
to build greater relationships using a strengths focus,
and bring this new ability to your colleagues and
students. This focus can inspire a lasting culture shift
designed to support the success of students and institutions -
through the effective and intentional application of strengths.

Don’t miss the opportunity to sign up for a free 25-minute session.

Come visit us in the Caribbean Ballroom VI,
or at the Strengths Strategy exhibit booth.
www.strengthsstrategy.com

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