Your team has the talent. So why does everything take three times longer than it should? The answer isn’t solely about communication skills; it’s about cultural intelligence (CQ) . Let’s say you have a global project meeting over Zoom. The U.S. manager dives straight into business, while the Japan team stays quiet, waiting for cues from the hierarchy. The silence is deafening. The manager thinks there’s disengagement, while the Japanese team assumes she doesn’t value harmony.

At work, cultural blind spots show up as misunderstandings, strained teamwork, or missed opportunities. The good news is that once we recognize them, those blind spots can turn into breakthroughs.

Image from Pexels You can’t automate trust — but you can water it and make sure it grows. Think of your multicultural team like a garden spread over continents. You plant seeds of credibility in different soils, water them with daily interactions. Then you harvest the fruits of global collaboration when trust ripens. But here's the catch. In remote settings, those gardens don't tend themselves. Weeds of misunderstanding creep in when you neglect cultural nuances. Leaders who

Image via  https://unsplash.com/photos/two-women-work-together-on-a-laptop-Iq-9YjCEHJo In some cultures, trust is built over time. In others, it's given quickly — but lost just as fast. The problem? Most leaders only know how to build it their way. That's why trust and culture often collide in multicultural teams . This article explores why cross-cultural trust is tricky and how cultural dimensions and trust play out in real life. We'll also explain exactly why Cultural Intel

Cultural intelligence (CQ) has become an important skill in every modern workplace. It describes the ability you gain once you've spent...