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Thriving Abroad empowers assignees and their partners to manage their relocation opportunity as proactively as possible in the following ways:
• Through understanding the context, opportunities and challenges of global mobility, employees and their partners make informed and conscious relocation decisions in ways that positively impact on their commitment to the assignment objectives.
• Through solid preparation from a practical and emotional perspective, assignees embark on the relocation experience with realistic expectations. This minimises surprises and enables appropriate management strategies to be created.
• Assignees conduct a conscious assessment of the purpose and value of international assignment, resulting in the creation of clear assignment objectives and goals aligned with corporate strategy.
• Partners build fulfilling personal and professional lives abroad leading to higher levels of partner satisfaction, which impacts positively on the organisation's ability to attract key talent.
• Assignees build a deep understanding of their personal career capital; their skills and talents, job knowledge and networks, and are encouraged to engage with their employer about their longer term career development from early in the assignment.
About the author
Louise Wiles and Evelyn Simpson are the creators of the Thriving Abroad programmes, Relocation Ready and Thrive designed to support expatriates as they navigate the transition experience and create expat lives they love.
Louise and Evelyn’s expatriate experience totals over 40 years. They have relocated as employees, expat partners and parents. Using their experience as expats, coaches, personal development professionals and trainers their mission is to support and empower international assignees and their partners to proactively create lives abroad which align with corporate/organisational objectives.
Louise and Evelyn began working together in 2012 when they researched the experience of over 300 expat partners located around the world. The resulting “Career Choice and the Accompanying Partner Surrvey Report”, was nominated for an Expatriate Mobility Management Award (EMMA) in 2012 by the Forum for Expatriate Management. Their work has been published in the International HR Advisor, Expat Focus, Expatica, Expat Careers and on their own blog at ThrivingAbroad.com. They have presented on Global Mobility topics at conferences around the world.
Louise Wiles and Evelyn Simpson are the creators of the Thriving Abroad programmes, Relocation Ready and Thrive designed to support expatriates as they navigate the transition experience and create expat lives they love.
Louise and Evelyn’s expatriate experience totals over 40 years. They have relocated as employees, expat partners and parents. Using their experience as expats, coaches, personal development professionals and trainers their mission is to support and empower international assignees and their partners to proactively create lives abroad which align with corporate/organisational objectives.
Louise and Evelyn began working together in 2012 when they researched the experience of over 300 expat partners located around the world. The resulting “Career Choice and the Accompanying Partner Surrvey Report”, was nominated for an Expatriate Mobility Management Award (EMMA) in 2012 by the Forum for Expatriate Management. Their work has been published in the International HR Advisor, Expat Focus, Expatica, Expat Careers and on their own blog at ThrivingAbroad.com. They have presented on Global Mobility topics at conferences around the world.
Summary
The essential guide to help employees considering relocating internationally for work achieve personal and professional success abroad. Thriving Abroad supports one of life's greatest challenges: international relocation.
