Will global mobility disappear in a (post-)Covid world? About a year ago I entertained the idea of a dystopian post-Coronavirus world, a version of an ’online’ world, where we would rather upgrade our ZOOM and Google Meets licences than book business trips and plan relocations… Luckily, such a scenario may remain fictional, because global mobility […]
The Global Mobility Function Re-engineered: Latest Industry Findings
Over the past few years the role and focus of the Global Mobility function has been under scrutiny. The annual Global Mobility Survey by Santa Fe has pointed to a mismatch between the desired and actual role responsibilities of the Global Mobility function — both as viewed by the function itself and by line management. As discussed in my […]
Global Mobility Functions: So Much to Do, so Little Time
A couple of years ago I wrote a blog post about the changing focus of the global mobility function, which was encouraged to move from a rather administrative to a more strategic role. It seems that today the trend is still relevant and the call for change is even more urgent than before. The recent […]
How Do You Get Global Mobility to Demonstrate Its Strategic Value?
Why do I spend much of my time at the bottom looking up? This is a question I pose at the beginning of a white paper that Santa Fe Relocation Services commissioned me to write. I find the question to be quite relevant and illustrative of the shift that HR and global mobility professionals are […]
Global Mobility Functions: From Administration to Strategy
The world of global mobility is rapidly changing and is continuously challenging. First of all, there is a continuous increase in the population of international assignees. According to the latest Brookfield Global Mobility Trends survey, 45% of respondents reported an increase in the number of assignees in 2014 compared to 2013, and 43% of respondents […]