I have noticed that many international talents were left frustrated by moving to another country for work. I observed that the issues weren’t just financial but related to the individuals and the company underestimating the challenges of moving to a new country. Therefore, today, I would like to draw on my experience and discuss some important practices for that critical period, the first 90-odd days of an expat landing in a new country and beginning their onboarding process in the host company. You can also refer back to this post on Embarking on Your Journey.   1 – Prepare Before You Land Increasingly, in this age of protectionism, many countries now require you, the ex-pat, and your accompanying family to have […]

Seven Small Steps to Keep Sane in International Relocation International Relocation is usually stressful. It ranks among the top ten stress factors in life. I have worked as a Global Mobility Manager and I regularly consult expats and their spouses on career choices one of the lessons I learned is that you cannot take away the stress from international relocation completely but you can make it easier by following those seven rules I will share with you now. 1) Organize your move into smaller tasks with a checklist. It is all about organizing yourself and all those relocating with you. Try to break down the move in as many steps as possible and work those off day by day. Better one […]

According to Brookfield (2016) 95% of companies do not measure their Global Mobility Return on Investment. “Given the inordinate amount of cost pressure on mobility today, it is somewhat surprising that more companies do not seem to have basic cost management practices in place. Only 62% of respondents indicated that they track costs during an assignment, and even fewer noted that a cost-benefit analysis is required at the outset of an assignment. With barely two-thirds of companies actually tracking the basic and most transparent part of their investment in assignments – their cost, it is not surprising that 95% of companies do not measure international assignment ROI.”  This research is from 2016 and I bet if we had an updated version we […]