" Dreaming a Global Leader? Increase your CQ."
What's our school's name? It's Handong 'Global' University. What comes into your mind when you hear the word 'global'? When I think of global, it reminds me of 'cross-cultural' for I believe that global leaders should be those who understand and embrace cultural difference. In that content, well-known leaders tell you to increase your CQ, which stands for 'Cultural Quotient.' It is also known as 'Cultual Intelligence.'
Importance of Human Resource) Kevin Kelly, CEO of Heidrick & Struggles said that the key of success is human resource. Also, Jerry Davis (picture), Asia and Pacific CEO of Heidrick & Strggules said that the more competitive the world is, the more human resources are needed. They both emphasize the importance of this criticial resource, human. I remember professor Lee saying that human resource is something you can't easily replace with other resources. I agree with his opinion because among a lot of resources, human resource is the most difficult to get since it requires trust, loyalty, and even love sometimes.IQ, EQ, and CQ?) What these two leaders talk about is CQ. Jerry Davis said that global leaders' requirements are not only IQ or EQ, but also CQ. As I mentioned, those who get high score on CQ have a potential to be an effective global leader, which means that they are able to understand and respect cultural difference. There are three types of CQ; Intellectual, behavioral, and emotional. Intellectual CQ is simply understand the cultural difference. Behavioral CQ is recognize cultural difference in a certain behavior of human. Lastly and most importantly, emotional EQ is maintain relationship and sympathize with foreigners even though people from different country look different, talk differently, and behave differently. In order to manage circumstances based on different culture and background and accept them, leaders must understand what CQ is and acknowledge of its significance, I think. To get into world and to expand your business in a global society, global leadership became something you can't avoid.
How to increase CQ?) To increase your CQ, experience in abroad is required. Those who have experience in abroad will be treated better than others. In my opinion, knowing and understanding is quite different. You can get some knowledge of a certain country and people living there without any experience. However, without actual experience, you can never understand and repect their differences.
As a business student..) We need to consider the fact that cultural barrier is the thing CEO should overcome. Why do you think that those foreign CEOs working in Korea fail? Because they are proud of themselves. They are so conceited that they just try to teach Korean managers and workers rather than respect our own cultural background and working habit. We can 'import' some tactics and management skills from abroad, but leadership is different.
Successful CEOs are so curious that they always try to think of as many ways as they can to solve problems. 'Why is this happened?', 'What other things can do try?', 'How can I change?'... With these kinds of questions will refresh our thoughts and minds. So as a business student, and especially as a Handong Global University's student dreaming of being a global leader, what we need to do is accept other people's difference since God created each one of us different. We look different, we think differently, and we feel in a different way. However, diffence itself cannot be a problem. How to understand it and whether we respect it or not it the thing!
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