{"id":12985,"date":"2017-05-26T16:01:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T23:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dminlgp\/?p=12985"},"modified":"2017-05-26T16:01:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-26T23:01:00","slug":"what-drives-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/what-drives-you\/","title":{"rendered":"What drives you?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<em>Leading in the twenty-first-century world means maneuvering the twists and turns of a multidimensional world. The continually shifting landscape of global leadership can be disorienting; experience and intuition alone a re not enough. But cultural intelligence offers a way through the maze that&#8217;s not only effective but also invigorating and fulfilling.<\/em>&#8220;[1]<\/p>\n<p><em>Leading with Cultural Intelligence<\/em> by David Livermore \u00a0emphasizes the importance cross-cultural work. He acknowledges that doing this work is not a simple task but it is a necessary one.\u00a0Livermore discusses the concept of Cultural Intelligence (CQ) through a four dimensional model : CQ Drive, CQ Knowledge, CQ Strategy, and CQ Action. He poses a key question for the first dimension , CQ Drive, &#8220;<em>What&#8217;s my level of confidence and motivation for this cross-cultural assignment? if it is lacking what can I do to increase it?<\/em>&#8221; [2] CQ Drive refers to motivation that emcompasses intrinsic, extrinsic and self-efficacy. How does someone develop the drive for cross-cultural work? Livermore says that there are five ways to enhance CQ Drive:[3]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Be honest with yourself-<\/strong> Honest helps us to properly assess our motivation. It also forces us to address our biases, prejudices and cross-cultural issues that we associate to people within a certain cultural group. Once we identify them we can face them. He suggest that we share our issues with a trusted friend. While that could be helpful, I think that could also be harmful. In the instance that a person\u00a0surrounds themselves with\u00a0like-minded people this could not be the best way to properly addressing biases and issues.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Examine your confidence level-<\/strong> this requires examining our self efficacy.&#8221;<em>Self-efficacy is an important predictor of cross-cultural adjustment.3 Without a strong sense of self-efficacy, a leader will avoid challenges and give up easily when confronted with setbacks.<\/em>&#8220;[4] This leads us to ask ourselves &#8220;How confident am I in doing cross-cultural work?&#8221; Our confidence in what we are doing can have a direct impact on the how we choose to engage. If we believe that our work will\u00a0be fruitful and successful then \u00a0we increase our motivation and our confidence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u00a0Eat and socialize-<\/strong>\u00a0Who doesnt love food and people? Livermore asserts that food and fellowship are also components to enhancing motivation for cross-cultural work. I remember when I went to Kyoto , Japan for a business trip. We went to this amazing restaurant that one of my japanese colleagues took us to. We were presented with an <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dminlgp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/CJT-Tokyo2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13011 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dminlgp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/CJT-Tokyo2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/CJT-Tokyo2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/CJT-Tokyo2-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/CJT-Tokyo2.jpg 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/a>array of food. One of which was a fish fully intact and cooked. Now while I was not accustomed to eating an entire fish, head, eyes, insides, I obliged while other of my American colleagues refused to touch it. Livermore, talks about how it can be a &#8220;scary&#8221; experience when eating loacal cuisine in a cross-cultural experience. What I found amusing is that he added a list of things a person can do to aid them in embracing a new food experience. \u00a0I have found in many of my cross-cultural business trips that many deals happen over socialization and food. Food can provide a common ground and connection for people.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dminlgp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/CJT-Tokyo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13010\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dminlgp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/CJT-Tokyo-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/CJT-Tokyo-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/CJT-Tokyo-150x97.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/CJT-Tokyo.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>y<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Count the perks-\u00a0<\/strong>There can be many benefits that come with cross-cultural work. I can relate to this in the business context. The exposure that I received when I would go \u00a0to various countries to work with their executives to close deals was life changing. I feel as though my life and career have been enriched and enhanced by not allowing fear or challenges to hinder me from fully engaging in cross-cultural business opportunities. I will say that this section was very business oriented in regards to the additional benefits like profit increases, career advancement, etc. these may not apply to everyone.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Work on the triple bottom line (fiscal, humanitarian and environmental)-<\/strong> I\u00a0appreciated his perspective on the triple bottom line which I refer to as profit, people and planet. I did my masters work on study how this concept can be applied in organizations. Because of this I am comitted to only work for businesses or organziation that embody a triple bottom line way of doing business. I believe for a company to truly be successful it must move beyond just making money and increasing profits for shareholders. They must consider people and planet\u00a0to be as equally important. If not in the end we all lose. \u00a0Livermore asserts that &#8220;If more power, wealth, and success are all that drive us, we&#8217;ll face burnout pretty fast. But as we and our organizations use the triple bottom line to fit into things larger than us, join them, and serve them, we can take our role in the big picture and find ourselves with heightened energy for persevering through the hard work of cross-cultural leadership. Life is about things that transcend us.&#8221;[5]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The question I would ask you is &#8220;What drives you \u00a0to do cross-cultural work?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[1] David A. Livermore, Leading with cultural intelligence: the real secret to success (New York: American Management Association, 2015), 22.<\/p>\n<p>[2] Ibid, 44.<\/p>\n<p>[3]Ibid.<\/p>\n<p>[4] Ibid, 47.<\/p>\n<p>[5] Ibid, 57.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Leading in the twenty-first-century world means maneuvering the twists and turns of a multidimensional world. The continually shifting landscape of global leadership can be disorienting; experience and intuition alone a re not enough. 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