10 Oct Is an International School Right for a Child When Schools are Already Multicultural?
“Should I let my child study in a private school, or a public one?” That’s a question most expatriates or assignees ask before flying to their new country of employment. It’s also been answered in one of our blogs. Some expatriate workers, though, have posed...
17 Dec How Being a Cultural Chameleon Could Be Bad for Innovation
Do you have to be a cultural chameleon? The Cultural Intelligence Center thinks cultural intelligence doesn’t mean you have to be a chameleon. But what does that even mean? In Andy Molinsky’s new book, Global Dexterity he points how knowledge of foreign cultures is necessary...
31 Aug Just Be a Good Fit: The Difference Between Culture-Fit and Acculturation Fit
There was a time when culture-fit was as simple as knowing if someone fits in a specific corporate culture. Now they’re even saying that there’s a difference between corporate culture-fit and organizational culture-fit. While traditional homegrown recruiters have to consider the first aspect of this...
01 Dec Are You a Good Cultural Fit? Gaining Intercultural Competencies Goes Beyond Immersion in American Pop Culture
If you’re moving to another city or country that shares your language, then adjusting is no big deal, right? Think again. Workplace culture is an entirely different beast. Chron debunks this in one case study wherein American expatriates failed in their post in the United...
24 Apr How to Manage Emotions and Other Issues in a Multicultural Team
Global mobility specialists find their tasks easier if the assignee he has hired is working as part of one monocultural team. For example, he brings in an Asian or European programmer to work in a retail store trying to find its digital footprint somewhere in...
13 Apr Foreign Assignees, Millennials Have a Different Cultural Perspective of Age
Making foreign and American talents adjust to the companies that hire them are enough to keep global mobility specialists on their toes. Assignees have to be both a good corporate and culture fit that another concern is overlooked: generation gap. Tech-savvy, social-media-oriented millennials will make...
25 Apr 4 Ways to Develop Cultural Sensitivity
Cultural openness and sensitivity are crucial to your success as a global mobility professional. The assignee you move from his country to the US must be able to trust and communicate with you, and this can happen only if you show him that you are...
23 Oct What’s Next for International Assignments
A few years ago, Strategy Analytics estimated that the global mobile workforce would reach 1.87 billion people by 2022—about 42% of the world’s workforce. That prediction has largely played out. Remote and mobile work are no longer fringe options; they’re baked into how companies attract,...