Relocating to Silicon Valley? This Single Thing is Not Part of the Package
No one likes to talk about it, not the expat or global mobility manager. After all, it’s not part of the relocation package, but it’s...
19 December, 2017
Technology Is an Ally of Global Mobility, Not its Adversary
With dire warnings that AI and the latest technological marvels will soon supplant human ingenuity and effort, it is no wonder Global Mobility Managers --...
14 December, 2017
Why Expat Failure Rate Stands at 40% the Past 40 Years
While corporations everywhere are recognizing that international assignments are key to their own global expansion, one little-known but sobering fact should give them pause before...
10 December, 2017
The Sudden Invasion of European Startups to Silicon Valley is Real
More Europeans are uprooting themselves from their founding countries to re-establish themselves -- where else? -- in Silicon Valley. The Valley’s indefatigable spirit of innovation...
05 December, 2017
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...
01 December, 2017
Holiday Office Parties Can Simply Be a Family Get-together, Free of Liability
Remember a time when saying “it’s the season to be jolly” was not tinged with skepticism? Even if the news tell us otherwise, the time...
30 November, 2017
Intel Group Names 2 Types of Expats — Future Immigrants and World Conquerors
They sign the contract, do their time (and spectacularly at that), and then return home to rediscover their roots until their international employer calls on...
28 November, 2017
Expats Inspire Locals to Adopt Their Hobbies, Lifestyle
Some hobbies start as a simple way to fill the time. Others spring up because the pioneers who start them want to enjoy the activities...
27 November, 2017
Expats Now Have Option to Work Per Project or Commute
Global Mobility Managers are going to busy as ever as companies looking to capture a bigger slice of the international markets continue hiring and deploying...
23 November, 2017
Getting To Know the Assignee’s ‘Expatriate’ Community Provides Crucial Link
Global Mobility Managers tend to think that their assignees live only in two worlds: that of the home country they temporarily left behind, and their...
22 November, 2017
Thanksgiving Can Also Be a Foreign Assignee’s Holiday
Thanksgiving is a very special holiday that all Americans look forward to. It’s a break from work, quality time spent with family and loved ones,...
20 November, 2017
What Global Mobility Managers Can Do Should Talents Turn Down a Job Offer
The first time a global mobility manager experiences this, their first reaction is one of shock. The second is concern -- both for their colleague...
18 November, 2017