Day: December 24, 2006
Repatriating Female Managers
As if there aren’t already enough repatriation challenges facing overseas employees—re-entry shock, lack of preparation, and lack of recognition for the freshly-acquired international experience...
Mobility is a Work-Life Challenge
International HR managers need to start paying serious attention to the work-life balance challenges of their global managers as they are impacting on effectiveness...
The Diplomat’s Diet
One diplomatic wife turned to another at a cocktail reception recently and commented that in case the second wife wasn’t aware of it, about...
Boxed In
“Moving boxes are a metaphor for expatriate life,” wrote the adaptation consultant on a chalkboard at the front of a makeshift briefing room. He...
Packing Up
Memo: To All Expat Employees Moving This Summer From: Your Friendly Re-Location Department Re: Moving Day Yes, that date circled in red on your...
Driving Under Construction
“Back up!!!” one local driver gestured wildly to another through a soundproof windshield. “I can’t! There’s three cars behind me! YOU move your car!!”...
Testosterone Traffic Project
A pilot project involving spot drug tests for illegally high levels of testosterone to improve performance in traffic was carried out in secret in...
Curbing Cabs
A white, hysterical-looking middle-aged expatriate woman stood at the end of her nameless street one day trying to hail a taxicab. Almost two hours...
Expat Etiquette
“Have we met before?” one expatriate woman asked another, a cocktail glass in her hand. “Only on about seventeen other occasions,” answered the second...
Repatriating Graduating Teens
TIP SHEET FOR REPATRIATING GRADS Did you see the university first? Research has shown that one of the biggest complaints by repatriating grads...