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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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    We are in the thick of Carnival 2013 in some regions of Germany. It is an amazing celebration, filled with parades and celebration, prior to the season of Lent. The costumes people dawn are often extravagant and impressive. With the streets full of people masquerading, often acting quite unlike their usual selves, it brought the [...]

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  • Thumbnail image for New Year’s Resolution 2013 – Commit to Take “Time Outs”

    Expert advice shows that down time is precious time.  It is time that leaders are in dire need of in order to process information, think clearly, operate rationally, and regenerate their energy.  The need to regenerate energy is all the more important when you are on an international assignment, operating in a foreign environment.  When [...]

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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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Active career management – the importance of sponsors

January 26, 2012
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During my interview with a WiSER (Woman in Senior-level Expatriate Role) last week, I was struck by how actively she managed her career. She was in the top 6% of management in one of the world’s largest consumer products companies.  She attained her senior-level position not only due to her, quite evidently, being an excellent [...]

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