Vivian Acquah CDE®
Certified Inclusion Strategist & CQ® Facilitator • Amplify DEI
Netherlands The •
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Much of today's leadership advice is rooted in a Western, individualistic perspective. Yet around 70% of the world's workforce comes from collectivist and hierarchical cultures. When leaders lead multicultural teams on a single playbook, they often get silence instead of safety, and polite agreement instead of honesty. This session shows why cultural intelligence (CQ) is the missing engine behind real psychological safety on global teams. You'll leave with two tips you can use in your very next meeting, plus frameworks to help people from every background speak up, challenge ideas, and trust your leadership.
Key Takeaways
- 1. Define CQ and psychological safety and explain why safety without honesty isn't real safety.
- 2. Spot cultural misreads recognise that silence, deference, and indirectness are signals, not problems.
- 3. Co-create inclusive norms, build team recipes with flexible routes so everyone can meet them in their own way.
- 4. Apply two immediate tips, open questions and write-first input — to make speaking up feel safe and expected.
- 5. Commit to one next step, choose a single CQ habit to apply with your team this week.
Audience
People leaders, managers, and team leads running distributed, hybrid, or multicultural teams; HR, L&D, and DEI professionals; and anyone responsible for cross-cultural collaboration.
Format
Duration
60 minutes to 1 day
This Inclusive Leadership workshop is to equip managers and leaders with the skills they need to build and sustain an inclusive culture. Facilitating a conversation about key roadblocks to inclusion that leaders have a unique opportunity to influence, and specific leadership behaviors that establish inclusive norms and drive equitable outcomes. Managers and leaders will have the opportunity to ask questions to boost the power of diversity, equity & inclusion (DEI) and become inclusive leaders. Length: 2x 1-hour conversation with the decision-makers, managers. Max 8 people.
Research shows that gender bias contributes to women being passed over for jobs and promotions. Almost three in four women experience bias at work, and those who do are more likely to leave their jobs.
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