Global Mobility: Adapting to Travel Uncertainty
Driving change for impact & improvement Faced with extreme global challenges from changing travel restrictions to varying public health rules between regions and countries, mobility functions must not only be sufficiently agile and flexible to respond to local changes, but also hold sufficient influence within the organisation to lead on advising and making recommendations on […]
Global Mobility for Competitive Advantage
While the pandemic continues to shape and influence global mobility programmes, multinational organisations still face operational demands and the need to mobilise key talent internationally. Among the key concerns for employers with global footprints is the cost of moving personnel across borders, particularly where uncertainty in travel restrictions persist. Compliance risks abound, and global immigration […]
Post-Pandemic International Mobility
Notwithstanding the significant financial and logistical setbacks suffered by multi-national enterprises, the role of international mobility in 2020 onwards remains optimistic and key to effective economic recovery for many businesses in a post-pandemic environment. Despite initial concerns that COVID-19 could potentially lead to a fundamental rethink on international mobility, far from departing away from overseas […]
International Talent Management Strategy Guide
Implementing and optimising an effective international talent management strategy is an ongoing process. If your organisation is focused on maximising returns from your global workforce, what are the key factors that form the foundation of a high performing global talent management strategy? What is talent management? Talent management refers to a set of integrated […]
Expatriate Management (Best Practice Tips)
Managing expatriates is a multi-stage process, where each stage can be crucial to the overall success of an overseas assignment for your business, as well as the individual assignee, on both a personal and professional basis. The following guide looks at best practice for employers when deploying individuals overseas, including some important practical tips for […]
Expat Package (What Do Employees Expect?)
The success or failure of an overseas assignment can often be impacted by the quality of the expat package provided to assignees when asked to work overseas. A competitive compensation package will not only help to attract the best available candidates for the job from within your organisation or when recruiting externally, it will also […]
Nurturing Diversity in Non-Diverse Locations
Nurturing diversity within the workforce is not just a moral imperative, it also makes economic sense: it allows companies to tap into new talent pools and provide a significant advantage in the global talent war. While companies are making progress on the road to diversity, they face problems when relocating employees to destinations where specific […]
Managing Expatriate Gig Workers
The fast growing gig economy is changing the way companies run their businesses and manage their employees. On paper, the gig economy model – in which workers take on temporary work to perform specific tasks or projects – looks like a win-win for the company and for the employees. From a company perspective, the gig […]
Keeping Pace with Global Talent Mobility
The pace of change in talent mobility and global HR in general keeps accelerating as technological innovation, new generations entering the workforce, and new forms of global mobility are emerging. These ongoing changes bring a mixed bag of heightened employee expectations, hopes of better management practices and business uncertainties, and force HR teams to reassess […]
Adopting Flexibility in Global Mobility
A successful global mobility programme needs to work well for both the assignees and the company. But implementing an effective expatriate policy that is both flexible and defined enough to serve as the foundation for any mobility scenario is a challenge, even for the most evolved global mobility programs. In reality, developing flexible international mobility […]