ExpatGPS

International assignments are one of the most complex, interdisciplinary, and cross functional activities an organization can undertake, involving senior management, strategy, talent initiatives and HR programs, as well as mobility and relocation professionals. When you send an expat family on international assignment, you don't just send an employ... ee, you send an entire social system. Managing expats and international assignments requires that you manage not only a host of things you KNOW about, but also things you CAN'T or SHOULDN'T know about. Management knows about a candidate's ability, temperament, interests, and motivation for an assignment, but research from the past ten years has consistently confirmed that when assignments fail or are compromised and ineffective, in two-thirds of the cases the cause is the employee and family's inability to adjust to the new location. Issues that management or HR cannot or should not know about, such as behavioral health concerns, family problems, "back home" parental issues, children's health and education (to mention only a few) impact not only the outcome of the assignment, but often the willingness of an employee to accept an assignment. This is where the ExpatGPS program comes in. ExpatGPS is an expat family support program offered as part of YOUR expat support, talent mobility, and duty of care program. The ExpatGPS program CONFIDENTIALLY identifies the key employee and family issues most likely to impact an assignment, and provides focused, experienced coaching and mentoring to prepare the employee and family for their new destination and work-living environment. How does ExpatGPS fit into global mobility or international talent support programs? ExpatGPS is designed as an "OPIM: organizational plug in module", or an "organizational function" (or capability) you install or "plug in" an existing organization. It functions as if it were "owned and operated" by the parent organization, appearing to users as of offering or benefit provided by your organization. It ...Read More