The Push for Rainbow Talent in Global Mobility is a series we created for Pride Month to raise awareness of the issues diverse talent might experience in the realm of Global Mobility. Although international organizations have a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) objective, many need to catch up due to a lack of understanding of how DEI impacts Global Mobility.  Global Mobility Programs often do not require specific Diversity and Inclusion objectives as part of their strategy. While I understand that we might not need to develop an inclusion strategy ONLY for Global Mobility, we should still include Global Mobility in our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion goals. Globally, the proportion of female employees engaged in international assignments is merely 14%. […]

In our last post, we explained why we need to push for more Female and Minority Talent in Global Mobility and how we include a number of people under this rainbow umbrella. We even coined #RainbowTalent. Why is this worth talking about? Picture this scenario: a leading multinational company must select somebody with the right skills to establish its first overseas division and have two equally strong candidates. Alice just got married and, in their best intentions but without consulting her, leadership decides that she would not like to go on assignment as she is likely to be starting a family. The opportunity is therefore offered to George.  What do Alice and George think twelve months later?  Alice versus George […]