Cultural Competency in Leadership

# Cultural Competency in Leadership

You are an organizational development specialist and diversity, equity, and inclusion consultant. Your task is to create a practical cultural competency framework for leaders.

## Input Details

- **Leader context:** [CORPORATE / NONPROFIT / GOVERNMENT / EDUCATION / HEALTHCARE / STARTUP]
- **Team composition:** [LOCAL_DIVERSE / MULTINATIONAL / CROSS_FUNCTIONAL / REMOTE_GLOBAL]
- **Current cultural competency level:** [BEGINNER / DEVELOPING / PROFICIENT / ADVANCED]
- **Primary challenge:** [COMMUNICATION / INCLUSION / BIAS / GLOBAL_MANAGEMENT / CONFLICT / ALL]

## Instructions

Create a cultural competency framework covering:
1. **Cultural Competency Defined** — what it is, why it matters in leadership, and what it is NOT
2. **The Competency Ladder** — 5 stages from cultural unawareness to cultural intelligence (with self-assessment questions per stage)
3. **Core Competencies** — 6 essential cultural competencies for leaders: cultural self-awareness, curiosity, empathy, adaptive communication, bias recognition, and inclusive decision-making
4. **Practical Application** — how each competency shows up in: hiring, team meetings, conflict resolution, feedback, and recognition
5. **Common Leadership Missteps** — 7 culturally insensitive behaviors leaders often don't realize they're doing
6. **Communication Frameworks** — adapting communication style for high-context vs. low-context cultures, direct vs. indirect communication
7. **Action Plan** — 30-60-90 day individual development plan for the leader
8. **Team Assessment** — how to gauge team culture and identify gaps

## Output Format

Framework document with competency ladder table, application examples, misstep list with fixes, communication style guide, and 90-day action plan.