Trends That Will Shape Global Learning & Development
Soft skills, data literacy, and dexterity in using and teaching the latest online learning platforms. Those are the three trends that will shape global learning...
16 January, 2020
In Global Mobility, Time for Soul-searching: Do You Have Unconscious Bias?
The march of the workplace toward inclusivity is making leaders more sensitive about certain behavior and words that can negatively impact a colleague and/or all...
14 January, 2020
Expats: Maturity is One Thing, Not Having Emotional Support is Another
Many expats are presumed to be mature enough to fend for themselves. But maturity is one thing and not having emotional support is another. And...
10 January, 2020
Automation Can Reduce Global Mobility Costs but Upskill Workers, Too
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...
06 January, 2020
360-Degree Workforce Training is Needed in Digital Age
“Learning should never stop --- especially not in the digital age.” That quote, or ideas similar to it, is very popular these days, at a...
05 January, 2020
When it’s Important to Offer Location Allowances to Assignees
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,...
31 December, 2019
Future of Tech Work: Get Ready for Multiple Careers
Part 2 Developing the future of work can be an organizational challenge and is even harder when technologies, especially new ones, come into play. Daunting enough...
28 December, 2019
Global Business Travel is a Strategic Investment for Companies
Business travel is strategic investment for companies, one study after another posits, including the Harvard Business Review survey of 587 executives and managers. Instead of seeing...
26 December, 2019
More Companies Need to Capitalize on 60% Growth of Globally Mobile Employees
How happy are global companies with their current global mobility structures? The need for globally mobile employees has certainly risen by over 60 percent in...
24 December, 2019
Finding a Circle of Friends for Assignees
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...
22 December, 2019
How US Job Market Would Look Like in the Next Decade
How would Silicon Valley look like in the next decade? A new extensive report from the McKinsey Global Institute, “The future of work in America:...
18 December, 2019
How Jobs Transition from Virtual Assignments to Permanent Moves
What does repatriation feel like? Going back to one’s country of origin after years of being elsewhere is a bit like -- someone joked --...
16 December, 2019