To: s..e@cob.com From: g..c@cob.com Date: October 12, 20XX Subject: Diversity Training Proposal As you know, developing the new diversity policy for CoB Associates is a strategic priority. We have many populations, international and multicultural, fortunately represented here, however having employees with diversity doesn't achieve a culture welcoming to diversity. As an organization, we must make a strategic decision to cultivate associates who have and display cultural intelligence inside and outside our workplace. The following proposal outlines a plan to implement cultural intelligence into our organization in order to transform our associates into global thinkers, which will differentiate us from our competitors. The proposal involves continuing our current diversity programs as well as training all associates to be culturally intelligent (CQ). As we discussed before, management and hiring practices are not solely responsible for our diversity initiative, though they must do their part. Employees are expected to be culturally intelligent and inclusive as part of our organizational culture. A major part of accomplishing this will take place through CQ training for all associates. The Cultural Intelligence Center will deliver the CQ training. The Cultural Intelligence Center (2016) provides, research-based, innovative solutions for assessing, prediction, and improving performance with and across different