Navigating Global Mobility in uncertain times: Placing duty of care at the heart of every move
When it comes to Global Mobility, recent years have made one thing crystal clear: the world is unpredictable. As new challenges emerge, the need to support assignees with care, empathy and expertise is becoming ever more important.
Headline incidents and daily hurdles
A quick glance at the global headlines emphatically reveals that change can be swift and disruptive. Since the beginning of 2024, we have witnessed earthquakes and bridge collapses disrupting major infrastructure, wildfires forcing sudden evacuations in southern Europe and North America, and new trade tariffs reshaping business priorities overnight. Events like these can upend carefully laid mobility plans in the blink of an eye.
Behind the headline-grabbing incidents, daily hurdles persist: fluctuating currencies, evolving immigration requirements, and the complexities of adapting to a new culture and daily reality. According to the latest EY Global Mobility Survey, a majority of employers are finding risk management more complex than ever, and assignees are placing even greater value on support that goes beyond logistics.
Headline incidents and daily hurdles
A quick glance at the global headlines emphatically reveals that change can be swift and disruptive. Since the beginning of 2024, we have witnessed earthquakes and bridge collapses disrupting major infrastructure, wildfires forcing sudden evacuations in southern Europe and North America, and new trade tariffs reshaping business priorities overnight. Events like these can upend carefully laid mobility plans in the blink of an eye.
Behind the headline-grabbing incidents, daily hurdles persist: fluctuating currencies, evolving immigration requirements, and the complexities of adapting to a new culture and daily reality. According to the latest EY Global Mobility Survey, a majority of employers are finding risk management more complex than ever, and assignees are placing even greater value on support that goes beyond logistics.
Les raisons de FastTrack
Rob McFarland, CCO du groupe, explique comment FastTrack by K2 rationalise la transition vers la mobilité, plus rapidement, en offrant aux entreprises un moyen plus efficace de gérer leur programme. Il explique que le service a été développé pour répondre au besoin croissant d'agilité dans les opérations commerciales, permettant aux organisations de s'adapter rapidement à l'évolution des demandes du marché.
Prioritising safety and protecting the customer experience
At K2 Bespoke, we never lose sight of the fact that every relocation is a personal journey. It is our role to anticipate risks and to manage them as noiselessly as possible. This requires us to provide guidance, reassurance, and practical support, for example by helping a family to secure places at a new school after a flood, or by putting together an alternative travel plan at short notice following an airspace closure.
Our partnerships go beyond the transactional. We work in close collaboration with our clients and their assignees, combining expertise with agility, an arsenal which enables us to respond swiftly and intelligently to the unexpected. When strikes, cyber-attacks or natural disasters occur, we are primed and ready with action plans which balance safety, speed and cost-efficiency with the protection of the customer experience.
The human touch in a complex world
Today, navigating Global Mobility successfully means prioritising duty of care in a way that is personal (seeing the assignee within the assignment) rather than transactional. To achieve this, you need to stay agile, leverage your people’s expertise, and champion a truly human-centric approach to programme management, one which doesn’t allow the noise and the drama of headline incidents and daily hurdles to drown out the assignee’s voice, needs and anxieties.
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