Luncheon: The Role of Emotional Intelligence in Building Cultural Competence in 21st Century Leaders

In a recent study, 85% of executives indicated that Cultural Competence of leaders is an essential competence for their business’ future success. Those same executives indicated that it is the most lacking competence. Dr. Helen Fagan has successfully been developing cultural competence in graduate and undergraduate students, as well as leaders globally since 2007.

Most recently she worked with the faculty and staff of six prestigious U.S. universities with campuses are in Education City in Doha, Qatar, utilizing the construct of Emotional Intelligence for Managing Diversity (EID) as the foundational process for developing cultural competence. During this session, participants will learn about the construct, the application of the construct and the outcomes from a variety of environments.