Global mobility: What do you want?
3 April 2013
Well-managed global mobility can only be achieved with a good understanding of the motivations of the individual employee being relocated, according to a senior adviser in the field.
Thu, 4 Apr 2013Well-managed global mobility can only be achieved with a good understanding of the motivations of the individual employee being relocated, according to a senior adviser in the field.
This is according to Kiki Stannard, a partner and the reward and employer solutions lead at accounting and professional services firm RSM Tenon, speaking at an event at London's Cass Business School last week.
Stannard suggested that in assessing the big question for global mobility professionals – namely “is it really worth spending all that money to send that individual abroad?” – you should consider what type of assignee you have at hand. And she suggested three major groupings such movers might fit in to:
“Perhaps we should do a bit of personality testing before we plonk people in odd places,” in order to properly understand the individual, Stannard added.
Another key to successful global mobility was how you handle someone who returns from an assignment and “recognise the difficulty they have faced, agility demonstrated and what they have learnt… you’d be daft not too”.
This is according to Kiki Stannard, a partner and the reward and employer solutions lead at accounting and professional services firm RSM Tenon, speaking at an event at London's Cass Business School last week.
Stannard suggested that in assessing the big question for global mobility professionals – namely “is it really worth spending all that money to send that individual abroad?” – you should consider what type of assignee you have at hand. And she suggested three major groupings such movers might fit in to:
- People who want to go abroad who will “then use their skills to take to a different employer”
- There are some individuals where in essence the move has “nothing to do with career development – they have skills, you need them in another place”
- Some individuals “just want to go somewhere different”
“Perhaps we should do a bit of personality testing before we plonk people in odd places,” in order to properly understand the individual, Stannard added.
Another key to successful global mobility was how you handle someone who returns from an assignment and “recognise the difficulty they have faced, agility demonstrated and what they have learnt… you’d be daft not too”.
- Click for news of how major corporates are coming together to keep professionals in ‘dual career relationships' happy, as discussed at the global mobility event, hosted by Provisita, a provider of social and professional integration for relocating.
