Understanding your own cultural identity is the critical first step to working effectively across cultures. The Cross-Cultural Adaptability Inventory empowers individuals to uncover blind spots and recognize personal areas where cultural understanding may be limited.

Through this assessment, participants gain deep insights into their strengths and development areas across four essential skill sets: emotional resilience, flexibility/openness, perceptual acuity, and personal autonomy. These are the building blocks of effective cross-cultural communication.

Whether you're preparing for an international assignment or leading a diverse team, the CCAI provides a clear roadmap for personal growth in global settings.

Participants will explore their cultural identity and learn to improve their interactions with other cultures. Forty-five steps create an informative, interesting, practical, and fun learning experience.

The Facilitator Guide includes detailed methods for using the passport, as well as the administration, scoring, profiling, and interpretation of the Cross-Cultural Adaptability Inventory to help participants enhance their strengths and develop their trouble spots in four skill areas:

• Emotional resilience
• Flexibility/openness
• Perceptual acuity
• Personal autonomy

By the end of this workshop, participants will do the following:

• Be more successful in cross-cultural interactions
• Participate more effectively in multicultural discussions
• Develop readiness for travel or study abroad
• Access their competencies for relocating to another culture
• Improve their productivity as a member of an intercultural team
• Select and train global leaders
• Contribute to a corporate culture valuing cultural diversity

The main goal of the CCAI is to increase the ability of participants to interact with people from other cultures, and to do the following:

• Define the concept of culture
• Raise awareness of cultural backgrounds and cultural identities
• Self-assess cross-cultural effectiveness
• Examine expectations and feelings regarding cross-cultural experiences
• Identify fundamental causes of cross-cultural difficulties
• Investigate ways to improve cross-cultural effectiveness
• Create commitment to action plans that improve cross-cultural effectiveness

Facilitator Guide

Order one guide per trainer. The Facilitator Guide includes instructions for delivering an extensive learning experience. Also included in the Facilitator Guide are samples of the Self-Assessment, the Cultural Passport to Anywhere, and the Action-Planning Guide.

Workbook and Action Planner 5-Pack

Order one pack for up to five participants. The Workbook and Action Planner are designed to be used with the Facilitator Guide and Paper Assessment. The set includes the Cultural Passport to Anywhere and the Action-Planning Guide.

The Cultural Passport to Anywhere allows participants to explore their cultural background and identify the effects of their interactions with persons and situations from other cultures.

The Action-Planning Guide helps participants develop strategies for implementing changes in their behaviors and attitudes based on the information gained from the Paper Assessment and other workshop activities.

Paper Assessment 5-Pack

Order one pack for up to five participants. The paper assessment booklet contains instructions for completing the assessment, the assessment items, the scoring form, directions for scoring and charting results, and basic interpretive information.

Online Assessment

Order one per participant. As the foundation for the workshop, the online assessment is administered to participants through the HRDQ Assessment Center. A full-color, detailed report is delivered electronically to the administrator when complete.

QuickStart Train-the-Trainer (QST)

QST is a convenient, one-hour virtual coaching session for first-time facilitators of this product. You'll receive personalized, one-on-one coaching with a subject matter expert who will get you up to speed quickly and accurately, so you can confidently step into the onsite. We'll answer all your questions about the facilitation of the product. And you can add additional coaching hours as needed. Your coaching session can be provided by telephone or video call at a time of your choosing.

Facilitators will also receive an HRDQ Certificate of Completion for completing the QuickStart session.

Judith Meyers, Psy.D., is a clinical and forensic psychologist currently in private practice in San Diego, California. Dr. Meyers received her undergraduate degree in secondary English education and a master's degree in education from Temple University. She received her doctorate in clinical psychology from the former Hahnemann University and Medical College in Philadelphia.

Colleen Kelley, Ph.D., is a human resource specialist and has been an organization development consultant and human relations trainer for more than 25 years. She has a background in experiential design, facilitation, team building, and organization development techniques. She has a BA in modern languages, an MA in French language and literature and educational psychology, an MHRD in human resource development, and a Ph.D. in professional psychology.