Dubai - MENA Herald: TPC Leadership Middle East, a group of coaching and leadership specialists led by Tracy May, a highly experienced performance coach, organized a Cultural Intelligence (CQ) Breakfast Workshop yesterday for business executives and leaders from several top tier organizations including, Emirates Airlines, Thomson Reuters, Petrofac, Clyde & Co and The Abraaj Group; to name a few.
Through the workshop that took place at The Palace Hotel Downtown Dubai on 28th November 2016, TPC Leadership's main focus was to create awareness among business leaders on a topic that prevails in every work environment in the Middle East. The executive coaching specialists also shared with attendees the results of a pilot study conducted in 2016 among senior managers, executives and C- level employees of various cultural clusters in the UAE.
Business environments in the Middle East are complex and dynamic; the ability to function successfully and productively across various cultural contexts is the essence of Cultural Intelligence (CQ). A leader's or an employee's capability to function effectively and efficiently in multicultural and diverse surroundings, play a vital role in organizational growth and overall employee satisfaction.
TPC Leadership aimed at not only creating a dialogue among attendees from different cultural backgrounds but also a forum to address questions, share opinions and voice concerns on a topic that is very much a part of every GCC resident's work environment. Their interesting pilot study results showed that more than half of the study's participants (that have lived in the UAE for over 4 years) enjoy living and working in diverse environments however many reach a state of being where the small, adverse intricacies of other cultures begin to bother them out of reasonable proportion after being in a new culture for an extended amount of time (Cultural Fatigue). If not identified and addressed, cultural fatigue can lead to a withdrawal in employee interaction with different cultures, which in turn has a negative impact on various facets of the business including performance, engagement and productivity.
"Our goal is to educate male and female business leaders to develop their capabilities and motivate their subordinates to maximize their professional potential through awareness. Organizations need to understand benchmark and develop cultural intelligence (CQ) as a facet of the workforce that needs to be strengthened" Said Tracy May, TPC Leadership Managing Partner, "Cross-cultural adaptability is key to our growing regional market".