Communications as a bridge-builder is one of the most powerful tools used by global mobility specialists. Clarity in terms and message, as well as a respectful approach, can go a long way in securing important partnerships or signing on valuable assignees. However, as interaction with...
It’s not just death and taxes that are permanent in this world: so is change -- and at no time has it been as fast, disruptive, and all-encompassing as in the 21st century. The experts warn that it will not be slowing down any time...
Emailing your team just doesn’t cut it anymore. If you work with more two people and others are from different parts of the world, or you yourself are mobile, as in you’re a global mobility specialist, you might just want to try Slack; that is,...
As a global mobility professional, a visit to another country is an opportunity not to just find top talents or broaden your pool of potential hires, but to find out about a culture as best as you can. Doing so is the more fascinating perks...
The kind of brilliant, culturally aware talent that we global mobility professionals are looking for can be summed up in one important and newly-defined term: “Global Cosmopolitans.” The term itself is a give-away. A Global Cosmopolitan is a hardworking, smart professional who has made the world...
As a global mobility professional, you think you will need to multi-task to accomplish anything. We don’t advise it if even if you have these many tasks: On top of cold-calling potential talents, you could be developing relationships on a global scale -- existing and...
Perhaps in recent years, no international event was as shocking as Britain’s exit from the European Union. While heads of state, industry leaders, and the populace alike are still reeling from the impact, the aftershocks have already started. Certain segments in other member countries like...
Most of us can now drown out noise everywhere we go with our smartphones when when put on our earphones. Some listen to music, others listen to books and for those in the global mobility profession, what’s not to like when traveling and you have...
Global mobility professionals have one unique gift that sets them apart from other professionals: they can move within the time zones. In dealing with assignees and other partners based in other regions of the globe, they have developed a knack for knowing the current time...
By Dennis Clemente Not too long ago, multinationals run global offices like nobody else’s business. They hired people from every corner of the world, if they were not setting up shop at least. Then the new tech economy happened and introduced many new players, all eager...