Professionelle Vorbereitung und gewinnbringende Begleitung von Entsendungen

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1. Daniel Werder sagt:

   12. April 2012 um 15:55

   Have you an English translation of this by chance?

   Many thanks
   Daniel Werder

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   • HBerg sagt:

     13. April 2012 um 18:20

     Dear Mr. Werder,

     thank you for reading my blog and thank you also for your comment. I will try to do a short summary in English:
     During the fair “Personal” (HR) in Cologne in the autumn of 2011, I was interviewed on the issue of professional preparation and profitable supervision of assignments. The essence of my argument is that assignments are expensive, failed assignments are much more expensive. It is quite possible that in approximately 25-30% of all assignments costs and risks in the amount of 2-3 years’ salary of the expatriates are avoidable. Why is that?
     On the one hand, the complexity of assignments is snowballing. 2007 and 2010 – that is even including the crisis years in 2008/9 – companies were asked what their top 3 destination countries are regarding assignments abroad.
     In 2007, 51 countries were named, in 2010 there were already 61 – so 20% more within 3 years. Globalization is the driver of complexity and assignment risks. (By the way: These figures stem from a research of Cartus which I cite during the interview).
     How to minimize these risks?
     I prefer to split the risk in two clusters, in hard and soft factors. The hard factors, for example to include contracts, social security and taxes, visa and immigration services, are indeed extremely comprehensive and multifaceted, but still manageable and documentable accordingly. Professional relocation service companies – especially if certified with the EuRA Quality Seal – can provide valuable support. The tipping point between success or failure of the assignment is at the soft factors such as family and children and intercultural preparation. In the video, I explain this in more detail – unfortunately in German. Please feel free to email or phone me directly in case of questions.

     Best regards

     Helmut Berg

     P.S.: You might know that I and my company work with Cartus (and Cendant, and HFS, and…) since more than 20 years. It is an extremely positive relationship.

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2. Klaus Rössler sagt:

   20. März 2012 um 15:18

   Tolles Videointerview.
   Was mich (wieder mal) geflasht hat: dass in den heutigen komplexen Zeiten die harten Faktoren, vorausgesetzt ordentlich erledigt, immer weniger wirklich entscheidend für den Erfolg werden im Vergleich zu den weichen Faktoren.
   Das Zünglein an der Waage sind die weichen Faktoren.

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