CULTURAL INTELLIGENCE: IT’S IMPORTANCE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A LEADER

Abstract

The project exists to identify the role of the cultural intelligence from the point of view of a leader and to examine the impact of culture on leadership. The purpose of the research is to compare findings from a practical research conducted as a set of interviews with established leaders of different companies based in New Delhi, India, against the theoretical observations on cultural intelligence, leadership, attributes of the effective leadership within a culturally diverse environment. The findings explore and prove the hypothesis that cultural intelligence is an important skill of the effective leadership within the intercultural environment. The qualitative method is chosen as a research strategy for the present work. The comparison between findings from a practical research conducted as a set of interviews with established leaders of different companies based in India, against the theoretical observations on cultural intelligence, leadership, attributes of the effective leadership within a culturally diverse environment support the notion that cultural intelligence is an important skill of the effective leadership within the intercultural environment.