Once in a while, the hiring company will have to send his foreign assignee, who is currently working in its office in the United States, to a business trip to another city or country. And while most of these destinations are relatively safe, the issuance...
Getting the assignee comfortably settled in his new accommodations in his new country (if relocating from abroad) or city (if relocating domestically) of work is half the battle won for the global mobility specialist, who must also see to it that he works productively and...
The New Year brings new resolutions, and with them the drive to do better in your global mobility efforts and to excel as far as your objectives in ways that you were not able to in 2016. Talent is the central point which a lot of...
There just might be a scam around the corner. Unfortunately, that holds true for almost every country or region in the world, even though most parts are as warm, sunny, and friendly as the cities in Northern California. Global mobility specialists who are used to...
After he has signed the deal and agreed to come onboard, three important things will probably keep your assignee up at night, until you have answered them to his satisfaction. His compensation package and the pay he gets after taxes make the top of the...
The victory of president-elect Donald Trump stunned all sides of the political spectrum not only in the United States but globally as well. As a result, many in the electorate are now grappling to imagine the U.S. under his governance. Global mobility specialists in particular...
A member-nation and one of the prime movers of the European Union decides to depart from it. A populist president that everybody predicted would lose will soon be sworn in as the Chief Executive of the United States of America. Nobody could have predicted these...
CEOs and other decision-makers in the C-suite can be forgiven for having a love-hate relationship with global mobility, specifically its precious task of finding, sourcing, and relocating talents. They admit seeing the value that this program adds to their bottom line; however, they do not...
Bringing their pets with them to their new location of employment is very important to some assignees -- and helping to see that no harm come to that fuzzy animal can become part of your job as a global mobility specialist. Expatriates see their beloved...
Big Data. That’s the buzzword of the digital business landscape today, and organizational disciplines like human resources are fast catching up. It streams through your company’s network of computers and databases every single day. Name it and Big Data has it: images, documents, voice and...