BEYOND TOURISM
Cultural intelligence training and travel to help you deeply connect
with the world and its people.
Our customers are individuals who are eager to connect with people from diverse backgrounds. They understand that the ability to connect cross-culturally is essential in today’s interconnected world.
Cultural intelligence is a skill that enables people to be successful in today’s multicultural, globalized world. It’s the capability to function and relate effectively in culturally diverse situations. It can be challenging to find the right approach if you haven't been taught how to engage with different cultures. Many people are motivated, and may have some cross-cultural experiences already, but aren’t sure how to recognize the cultural differences around them, and adapt.
We believe that everyone has the potential to increase their cultural intelligence, whether through travel or by exploring the global resources available in your community. That’s why we offer tailored training to support your cultural self-awareness as you build these skills, whether you’re at home or abroad.
We can help you deeply connect with people all over the world who are different than you. In doing that, you will radically change your perspective on the world, and be a better leader and global citizen.
Cultural intelligence is valuable in different parts of life. How are you thinking of integrating cultural intelligence in your life?
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You probably have employees, customers or colleagues that grew up in another culture. You may have felt something like an invisible barrier, something that’s keeping you from truly connecting, and you don’t know what it is. You may also struggle to build trust with customers across cultures. This lack of cultural awareness is preventing you from being the best global leader you can be.
Cultural intelligence is an incredibly important skill that you need to be a successful leader in a multicultural workplace. At Beyond Tourism, we can teach you to improve your cultural intelligence. You can get better at identifying cultural differences, adapting to them, and connecting with your international employees, clients or colleagues.
All you need to do is book a free consultation, we’ll talk about your challenges and build a unique solution for your situation, which may include workshops, one-on-one coaching, and assessments.
Not being able to connect with and work well with employees, colleagues, and clients from other cultures can cost you money, reputation and future opportunities.
When you boost your cultural intelligence skills with Beyond Tourism, you will know how to identify cultural differences, adapt your behavior, and connect with people from all over the world, which will put you in a good position to close deals, gain clients and make friends, in any multicultural setting.
Set up a consultation today to talk through your current situation and let’s find out how we can level up your cultural intelligence skills to make you the global leader you want to be.
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You may have friends or family from other cultures, and you feel unsure of yourself when you are around them, so you may keep to yourself. You may struggle to build trust across cultural boundaries, but you don't know what to do about it. Cultural intelligence skills can make you more confident in your ability to connect with people from other cultures. You will learn how to identify cultural differences and adapt your behavior, which allows for genuine connection across cultural lines.
All you need to do is book a free consultation to talk through your situation, and your particular goals for connecting cross-culturally in your day-to-day life. We will build training for you that will build cultural intelligence skills to last a lifetime.
Don’t let your discomfort with people from other cultures keep you from growing unique friendships and learning about the world. You can learn all about the world without even booking an international flight when you take advantage of the wonderful diversity that’s already around you. Book your free consultation today.
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A lot of people travel internationally, but sometimes those vacations are colorless and cultureless. It’s like you paid for the trip, but it felt like you stayed home. That’s because you didn’t know how to connect with your host culture, you stayed in your comfort zone, and you missed an opportunity.
I can book travel for you and provide training that gives you the chance to really, truly engage with your host country, gets you out of your comfort zone, and make your trip an experience that changes how you look at the world. You will be able to identify cultural differences, adapt your behavior, and increase your cultural self-awareness.
All you need to do is book a free consultation to get started. We’ll help you pick a unique and engaging experience, give you training about cultural intelligence and show you how to really get the most of your travel.
Cultural intelligence is a skill everyone can learn to help them connect with the people in the world, but without it, most people are too scared to really engage with the world, and will never be able to change their perspective on the world.
You can have that life-changing, transformational travel experience when you work with Beyond Tourism. Let’s think outside the box for a truly unique and engaging travel experience that will help you build your cultural intelligence skills and make you a better global citizen.
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A lot of churches lead missions trips, or share space with an immigrant or refugee congregation. Many times these missions trips are well-meaning, but end up missing the culture component of sharing God’s love. Since the way we love, appreciate and respect each other varies across cultures, many people of faith aren’t having the impact they believe they are. While they may come away from a mission experience feeling grateful for what they have in the face of poverty, it turns out it was more for their own betterment, and not helpful for the host community.
Integrating faith with cultural intelligence is a powerful way to show respect and love to a host community during a missions trip, or any other faith-based cross-cultural experience. It’s powerful to connect to people from around the world who share your religion. It’s transformative to learn that your faith can expand to include people different from you.
If you’re interested in learning how to bring cultural intelligence to your faith community, set up a free consultation to talk through your particular needs and goals, and we’ll arrange training and experiences for your congregation to deepen their understanding of the world, and of their faith.
Without cultural intelligence, many missions trips and multicultural churches will struggle to truly serve their international communities. Immigrant and refugee congregations will worship separately in the same building.
Bring your congregations together in a new, deeper way by integrating cultural intelligence into your faith conversations, and see a new kind of love and connection blossom in your church.
“International travel is consistently listed as being among the top three to five transformative experiences in the lives of adults. Experiencing the jarring nature of being removed from our familiar surrounding, when combined with these other practices, is one of the most powerful ways to look below the tip of the iceberg. Those of us with opportunities to travel abroad are entrusted with an amazing resource for deepening our interpretive CQ.”
— David Livermore in
Cultural Intelligence: Improving Your CQ to Engage With Our Multicultural World
Hi! I’m Renae and I own and operate Beyond Tourism. I love talking about, thinking about, and teaching about cultural intelligence. It’s one of the most exciting things I’ve discovered in life, and has allowed me to get to know and hear the stories some of the most remarkable people on the planet.
I lived abroad in South Korea for a year in my 20s teaching English to kids. That’s when I first started to understand the significance culture has on a person. It was a challenging and growth-filled year for me, not to mention when I came back and struggled to find the words to describe what I experienced.
I have spent many years of my career working and volunteering with refugees and immigrants, so while I have lived abroad, I also know a lot about building cultural intelligence from home. You can read more of my story here, including about my passion for music from around the world and radio show I have every week. I am certified by the Cultural Intelligence Center and you can see my credentials below. I can’t wait to help you grow your cultural intelligence!
What customers say…
“Renae was a great facilitator and provided engaging content and conversation.”
“I feel like I understand myself better by looking through a cultural lens.”
“Working with Renae and going through the initial CQ Workshopping is just the beginning of a new understanding for me as I continue to work closely with many people from other cultures. I was challenged to consider ALL the cultural backgrounds and cultural containers in which I live and interact with daily. Though it will be a deeply introspective process with much “mind-“ and “heart-work,” I’ve no doubt the journey will be richer and interactions with others more genuine than had I not embarked on this relationship with Beyond Tourism & CQ. Thank you, Renae, for sharing your passion with me and encouraging me!”
“Love the combined knowledge and stories of cultural differences - from visits, life, research and readings. Great info.”
“The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page. "
St. Augustine of Hippo
What is Cultural Intelligence?
Cultural Intelligence (CQ) enables individuals and organizations to be successful in today’s multicultural, globalized world. CQ is the capability to function and relate effectively in culturally diverse situations.
CQ® Assessments are the only academically valid measurement of
Cultural Intelligence in the world.
Beyond Tourism uses the Cultural Intelligence (CQ) Model to assess your current abilities and help you learn to communicate cross-culturally better.
Follow this link to explore the research basis for the CQ model in more depth, or read more on the What Is CQ? page.
