Existential despair and/or emotional chaos. Those complex terms describe the debilitating reasons that are spurring tech workers in Silicon Valley, most of them millennials, to...
As a global mobility manager, you will meet assignees who think their employment prospects are not bright. However, a look at the bigger picture shows...
It can happen to any global mobility manager at any point in their career, especially if they are managing a significant number of direct reports...
Bringing medication during business trips, especially overseas, is a highly personal matter that cannot be ignored or taken for granted. Because what may be a...
We have all heard of the knowledge economy, the digital age, and the fourth Industrial Revolution. These terms describe and define the era we live...
How does tech help travelers? For those with low expectations, the default answer these days is “good”. Come to think of it, though, many have...
Global mobility managers hire foreign talents for full-time work so companies get their money’s worth, but what if that takes too much time and they...
The success of your global assignee might rely on more than just the usual transfer of knowledge or even a post-relocation training program. Cultural immersion...
Global mobility managers who deal with assignees who come from various races, ethnicities, cultures, and gender orientation like to keep inclusivity at the top of...
Politeness varies in different cultures, and so-called common courtesy may not be as common after all. One foreign national’s act of respect may translate as...
There’s no easy way to put it: global mobility managers must as a matter of habit hold the hands of their assignees (metaphorically speaking) once...
What do the Japanese and Americans have in common? In general, both don’t like to appear know-it-alls. But there’s a difference, of course. The Japanese...