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    Fueled recently by the political discussions in Germany and the likes of Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In, an international community of high ranking business and NGO leaders joined to celebrate the launch of a new book called Worldly Women – The New Leadership Profile. The book combines groundbreaking research with the stories and advice of 62 [...]

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  • Thumbnail image for The glass border, does it really exist?

    If you want to be considered for a (global) leadership position, expatriate experience is a must have these days, as it is the best way to develop a global mindset and diversity of thought which leaders need to have in this constantly changing world where they face dilemma’s rather than problems. This is where the [...]

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  • Thumbnail image for Neelie Kroes on Worldly Women – The New Leadership Profile

    Neelie Kroes, a European political powerhouse, endorsed our book Worldly women – The New Leadership Profile: “This book brings together useful and important information for female expatriates.”  Worldly Women explores the roads travelled by senior level expatriate women and makes them available to any organization that wishes to increase the number of women in leadership roles in an innovative way. [...]

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Why expatriation is the crux of the new leadership profile

May 7, 2013
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Globalization creates new markets and increases opportunities for economic growth, innovation and cooperation.  An imperative for the future is global connectedness.  “Collaboration will be the watchword as companies and governments share costs and knowledge to remove barriers to mobility and manage regulation”1 . Organizations are expanding their businesses across borders and the number of multi-national [...]

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It feels like the longest day of the year!

June 21, 2012
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Did you know that laughter is the best medicine? “The fact is, laughter is like diet and exercise,” says Michael Miller, M.D. from the University of Maryland. You can make the longest day feel like the shortest day by smiling and laughing. You can take the most difficult exptriate experience and manage through it by [...]

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Five Reasons for Women to find a Female Mentor

June 11, 2012

We have interviewed many women in global leadership roles. The majority of women have mentors and recommend the value of mentor or sponsor relationships. The coaching and informal sharing of thoughts, ideas and advice goes a long way. Some of the women interviewed go as far as recommending the female to female mentoring relationship. Here [...]

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Know the unknown – the first of many pebbles to avoid

May 13, 2012
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How can you know the unknown?  Isn’t that like knowing what you don’t know? Prior to taking an international assignment, it is critical to find out as much as you can about the role (that should be easy), the place you will live, the culture, your housing, and the list goes on.  You may be saying, [...]

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