Part 2 Developing the future of work can be an organizational challenge and is even harder when technologies, especially new ones, come into play. Daunting enough of a topic, this extensive Deloitte study comes in two parts, the first one being “The Who, What, Where of...
How would Silicon Valley look like in the next decade? A new extensive report from the McKinsey Global Institute, “The future of work in America: People and places, today and tomorrow,” sees how the labor market will be propelled by the next wave of automation...
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 time-wasters -- those you’re supposed to avoid, like distractions and those beyond your control, like the snarling traffic or, simply,...
As people born from 1995 onwards -- or Generation Z -- enter the workforce, one has to ask why global mobility managers and employers are making a big fuss with this younger generation of assignees. Well, technology’s rapid pace has changed many people’s behavior, habits...
“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 their new country of employment. It’s also been answered in one of our blogs. Some expatriate workers, though, have posed a...
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 create solutions to solve this most perplexing dilemma. At no other time has this issue reared its ugly head than...
A child's education can be a make-or-break issue for someone coming to the United States from abroad. Or these professionals may just look elsewhere. They look for the type of education they think will be best for their child -- whether its a private or...
How does understanding Western and Eastern cultures work in the corporate setting and global mobility? In an interview with HumanResources, Sara Cheng, CEO of Fuji Xerox Singapore, delved deeper by comparing the differences between the two cultures: “Asian culture is more command and control, top-down...
What if your expat hire got pregnant while on assignment? In her memoir, “Women’s Work: A Reckoning With Work and Home,” former foreign correspondent Megan K. Stack recounts the challenges she faced as a pregnant assignee. Fortunately, her husband was also a foreign talent who...
The traditional expatriate package is becoming more expensive for organizations to shoulder. Yet paying an assignee or an employee relocating to another country the local rates of their local counterparts might prove too much of an adjustment, and might even demoralize them. Global mobility managers...