{"id":12989,"date":"2017-05-25T23:35:50","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T06:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dminlgp\/?p=12989"},"modified":"2017-05-25T23:36:01","modified_gmt":"2017-05-26T06:36:01","slug":"what-good-is-iq-without-cq-eq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/what-good-is-iq-without-cq-eq\/","title":{"rendered":"What Good is IQ without CQ & EQ?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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With the ability to interface with cultures worldwide through travel and technology, and relating to various cultures in our communities, the development of CQ is essential if we are to create healthy relationships and communities. Cultural intelligence, as defined by Livermore as: “the capacity to function effectively across national, ethnic, and organizational cultures” (24), is essential to the success of a leader, whether traveling abroad or living in communities with cultural diversity. Intelligence appears insufficient if one cannot communicate their ideas in a clear and respectful manner. \u00a0Emotional intelligence, or EQ, where one can relate, empathize and perceive\/express emotion complements CQ beautifully. Perhaps the formula could be described as: CQ + EQ = Enhanced IQ. We grow smarter, achieve success, and accomplish goals when we can learn how to develop our CQ and EQ.<\/p>\n

Although Livermore would argue that “cultural intelligence picks up where emotional intelligence leaves off” (32), I see them more as a symbiotic relationship where they feed off each other. Without one, the other is a bit muted and dimmed, as each intelligence has increased power when combined with the other. An analogy that embodies this is the bee and the flower. Without the flower, the bee can buzz around and look cute, but it is unable to productively gather pollen to make the sweet coveted superfood, honey. Our productivity and success with relationships depends on our ability to connect with others culturally and emotionally so we can develop healthy communities.<\/p>\n

When I traveled to Thailand, I was grateful for my friend and colleague, Stu, and his careful instruction on customary Thai culture. He warned me about the importance of not patting a Thai person on the head, as it is very offensive, and compared it to our culture in the same manner if we were to pat someone on the bottom. I experienced this first hand when my mission team was traveling in a van, and my friend reached forward and affectionately patted our Thai guide on the head. Unaware of the offense she created as her intention was loving, my EQ kicked in when I saw our Thai guide smooth her hair and give an offended look. Since my friend couldn’t see her face, she was unable to read her emotions, so EQ and CQ were equally absent. I informed my friend of the Thai culture and the offense this created, and in healthy EQ fashion, she quickly apologized. What was meant as a loving gesture became an offensive action, and in that brief exchange, I became dramatically aware of the need for developed EQ and CQ to have respectful relationships.<\/p>\n

Similarly, I am reminded of the valuable culture of family and marriages. Livermore echoes this with: “Of all the cultural systems, the family system is widely regarded as the single most important system to understand, but this information often feels irrelevant to many organizational leaders”(77). \u00a0In the town I reside in, Richland, WA, we are known for being a city with one of the highest PH.D’s per capita in the US, because of the nuclear program and national labs that founded our community and the engineers required to build it. Consequently, there are many male engineers and scientists with a high IQ but who have a challenged or undeveloped EQ, and an equally challenged CQ for the culture of their marriage or family life. In working with these brilliant males, I enjoy utilizing their exceptionally high IQ to build their EQ and CQ needed to develop healthy marriages and familial relationships.<\/p>\n

In their education process, I wonder how much easier their lives would have been if our educational leaders valued an education process that included EQ and CQ development? What if EQ and CQ curriculum could be taught in schools and universities to compliment the education process, as academic and relationship knowledge are obtained simultaneously? This could make the lifelong relationship journey easier for those needing more assistance in these areas of intelligence. Livermore says it best: “Cultural intelligence is a learned capability that builds on the other forms of intelligence needed by today’s leaders” (38). To be respected, effective leaders, it is apparent that CQ coupled with EQ can be learned and makes a nice formula for leadership success.<\/p>\n

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