Together in HessenTogether in HessenHessisches Ministerium für Hessisches Ministerium für
WirtschaftWirtschaft
Families in GlobalFamilies in GlobalTransitionTransition
Adèle HodgsonJuly 2007
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Lost in Space and Global TransitionLost in Space and Global Transition
Is there a difference?Is there a difference?
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Families in Global Transition need:Families in Global Transition need:
Proper Planning and ResearchProper Planning and Research
Corporate Understanding and SupportCorporate Understanding and Support
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Families in Global Transition need:Families in Global Transition need:
To know their Host CountryTo know their Host Country
To challenge their habitual ways of thinking and To challenge their habitual ways of thinking and behavingbehaving
To believe in personal leadershipTo believe in personal leadership
To understand it is not a holidayTo understand it is not a holiday
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How can companies be more supportive?How can companies be more supportive?
How can the host country be more How can the host country be more supportive?supportive?
Why are international families so important?Why are international families so important?
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Families in Global TransitionFamilies in Global Transition
Ultimate nuclear familiesUltimate nuclear families
Family separationFamily separation
Mono national world view/3 dimensional world Mono national world view/3 dimensional world viewview– Expatriate micro cultureExpatriate micro culture– VisibilityVisibility– Expatriate hierarchyExpatriate hierarchy– Role of non salaried spouseRole of non salaried spouse
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Accelerated Relationships and Accelerated Relationships and Survival SkillsSurvival Skills
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Coping with the Coping with the
WWcurvecurve
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The 8 “Cs”The 8 “Cs”
Consciousness, Creatively, Communication, Consciousness, Creatively, Communication, ContinuityContinuity
Collaboration, Closure, Cultural Collaboration, Closure, Cultural Confirmation, Corporate CommitmentConfirmation, Corporate Commitment
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Re entry – Coming homeRe entry – Coming home
ShockShock Professional ChallengesProfessional Challenges Strategies for Maximizing Returnee Strategies for Maximizing Returnee
PotentialPotential Moving forwardMoving forward
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Families in Global TransitionFamilies in Global Transition
““Waste no energy crying for yesterday or Waste no energy crying for yesterday or dreaming of tomorrow – focus on the dreaming of tomorrow – focus on the presentpresentNostalgia is fatiguing and destructive, put Nostalgia is fatiguing and destructive, put down roots, for we all need a sense of down roots, for we all need a sense of permanence”.permanence”.
Isabel AllendeIsabel Allendeof Love and Shadowsof Love and Shadows
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