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Cultural Intelligence Training in Higher Education

Cultural Intelligence (CI) Training in Higher Education for increasing diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging

Tuesday 5 March 2024, 3:30-4:30 p.m.

Research proves that Cultural Intelligence (CI) enhances people's communication and performance when they work with individuals across multicultural dimensions. Culturally Intelligent Training & Consulting's signature facilitation guides participants in developing their CI to increase Cultural Openness, Cultural Awareness, and Cultural Responsiveness. Through the application of CITC’s research-based CI model, participants learn how to demonstrate CI individually for organizational transformation. Interactive activities provide participants with opportunities for critical reflection to become more curious and empathetic in their daily practices, recognizing that compassion drives action. 


About the speaker
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Dr. Renee Bhatti-Klug [Ruh-nay Bah-Ha-tee kloog] (she/her/hers) is the Founder & Principal of (opens in a new window)Culturally Intelligent Training & Consulting (CITC), a U.S.-based organizational transformation and leadership development consultancy that respects the process of change. Renee, a first-generation Punjabi American, is a culture, inclusion, and belonging strategist, as well as a nationally recognized facilitator, consultant, and keynote speaker. She accomplishes this work through developing Cultural Intelligence (CI) and promoting equitable practices.

Renee has been developing leaders from over 150 nations for twenty-five years. Through her leadership, Renee seeks to model the skills of curiosity, empathy, and compassion, all through human-centered, action-oriented, and data-informed decision making. She is known for her direct, yet diplomatic, communication style and hands-on approach to creating cultures of collaboration and trust. Renee is a certified administrator of the Enneagram iEQ9, Predictive Index, and Intercultural Development Inventory. She also is a traveler, writer, wife, and mother of three. In extroversion, she goes to 11.

Centre for the Study of Higher Education

University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
T: +353 1 716 7777