Articles Tagged - expat

November 7, 2013

Essential Mechanisms to Survive Corporate Life Abroad

At what cost is an expatriate life?

An international manager stands to gains so much in life, yet lets not forget how much he can also forsake!  When the going gets tough, or when a natural or man-made disaster strikes, what is it that really counts?     Three Examples of Real Life Experiences   One   The Kenya Mall Attack has demonstrated how vulnerable expats (and humanity in total) really can be.  An embassy worker decided to get the groceries from her favorite shopping center and enjoy a relaxing...Continue reading

By Debbie NicolPosted in International Management on November 7, 2013

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December 13, 2012

Building International Leadership Credibility

What content, actions or practices will influence your leadership credibility; the ability to face and work through struggles on overseas assignments?

By Debbie Nicol, Managing Director, 'business en motion' According to Kouzes and Posner, credibility is the currency of leadership.  Credibility is ‘smelt and felt’ by all around you, and is mirrored in self-confidence and following.   With the world changing, the context of leadership is most certainly changing, yet Kouzes and Posner’s research shows that content remains the same.  What content, actions or practices will influence your leadership credibility; the...Continue reading

By Debbie NicolPosted in International Management on December 13, 2012

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October 7, 2012

Adventures of an Expat: Defining Basic Needs

International Management requires understanding individual logic that may not be your own.

By Debbie Nicol, Managing Director, 'business en motion"  I often reflect on one of my earliest overseas postings, when I moved from my native Australia to Malaysia, a move I now see as simply ‘next door’, yet at the time literally turned my life upside down.  I was invited to join an international hotel chain and hence live in the hotel whilst also working in it.   As it really was my first expatriate position, I look back now in awe at the level of curiosity and...Continue reading

By Debbie NicolPosted in International Management on October 7, 2012

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