06 Jan

Posted at 01:32h in Artificial Intelligence, Corporate Culture & Training, Expat, Global Mobility by

The mere mention of artificial intelligence (AI) and automation makes global mobility managers and human resource leaders anxious. They fear that these latest innovations will replace them or make them redundant. One constant argument is that their own managers and executives, who write their checks,...

31 Dec

Posted at 13:18h in Business Travel, Corporate Housing by

One man’s paradise is another’s compromised one. One can say the same thing about working abroad. ECA International, a provider of international assignment management solutions, offers location allowances to encourage professionals to take “undesirable” international assignments, undesirable being a relative word, of course. Still, global...

22 Dec

Posted at 20:31h in Expat by

Here’s one important advice to global mobility managers as they start 2020: help your assignees build strong friendships that they --- and perhaps, even you --- can count on. We’re not talking about enriching their social media networks either.  Tagging them, twittering in their online conversations,...