• The capacity to accept
the relativity of one?s own knowledge and perceptions.
• The capacity to be non-judgemental
• A tolerance for ambiguity.
• The capacity to appreciate and communicate
respect for other people's ways, backgrounds, values and
beliefs.
• The capacity to demonstrate empathy.
• The capacity to be flexible.
• A willingness to acquire new patterns of
behaviour and belief.
• The humility to acknowledge what one does
not know.
• The capacity to manage circumstances where
people are likely to have a variety of opinions about
what is right/should be done etc.
• An ability to be open minded to the experiences
of others particularly when they differ from ones own
i.e. sensitivity to the stresses of being part of a
minority.
• An appreciation of one's own cultural filters.
• An ability to accept difference at all levels
(personality styles, working methods, beliefs as well
as cultural norms) in order to be able to be able to
value and treat each person as a unique individual.
