How to Stay Productive Amid Holiday Excitement
How can you get work done during the holidays? It’s not easy to stay focused at this time of the year when you will face...
06 November, 2019
How to Prepare Companies with their Foreign Talent Investment
Globalization has worked in Silicon Valley to the degree that it has been touted as the friendliest American place for expats. Many foreigners simply feel...
31 October, 2019
How Would the 4-Day Work Week Experiment in Japan Work in Silicon Valley?
Did you hear about the Microsoft 4-day work week experiment in Japan? Many publications reported it as a roaring success, but no one seems to...
30 October, 2019
How to Develop the Next Level of (Expat) Leaders
Expat life builds critical leadership skills, as IAmExpat declares, adding that “living abroad affects the fundamental structure of self-concept: we get clearer and clearer on...
28 October, 2019
How Would the 4-Day Work Week Experiment in Japan Work in Silicon Valley?
Did you hear about the Microsoft 4-day work week experiment in Japan? Many publications reported it as a roaring success, but no one seems to...
25 October, 2019
Failure and Other Things to Ask When Hiring Expats
“How do you handle failure?” An Asian potential hire may be surprised to hear an American job interviewer ask this “provocative” question, but some American...
22 October, 2019
Unique Relationship Issues Foreign Assignees Face with Non-Working Spouse
What’s wrong with this picture? Two foreigners: One partner or spouse is working, and the other is staying put at home, taking care of the...
16 October, 2019
Gen Z: Ultimate Guide for Global Mobility Managers, Recruiters
As people born from 1995 onwards -- or Generation Z -- enter the workforce, one has to ask why global mobility managers and employers are...
14 October, 2019
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...
10 October, 2019
What Thanksgiving Day is Like for Expats from These Countries
The roasted turkey amidst a table of plenty, which is surrounded by happy family members and friends, is a very familiar and welcome sight to...
07 October, 2019
Employers, Global Mobility Managers Take Courses on Unconscious Bias
How does one solve unconscious biases? In a recent day-long UX design hackathon hosted by HexHacks in New York, nearly a hundred people attempted to...
03 October, 2019
Really Now, How Prepared are Companies in Evacuating Assignees During a Crisis?
Evacuating assignees during a crisis is a challenge that global mobility managers do have to prepare for. More important, they have to constantly do it,...
30 September, 2019