Overcoming Five Employee Concerns to Relocation
Making any life changing decision requires thought and consideration, especially if that decision is taking you across the country, or even across the globe! It’s easy to forget that even the most excited employees have concerns about the relocation process. Frequent...
Cultivating a Culture of Teamwork
Cultural training for employees who will be working internationally is perhaps more important today than ever before. For many companies, there has been a significant paradigm shift away from the strictly bi-cultural focus of such training, opting instead for an...
What’s Trending: Global Mobility GOOOAAAALS!
Whether you’re a fan or not, I'm sure you've seen that the 2018 FIFA World Cup begins this week. In many ways, soccer (or football, depending on where you’re located!) is a complex game of techniques, rules (aka the Laws of the Game), and controversies. However, when...
Survey Fatigue: It’s Real and It’s Here
Do you ever pay attention to the onslaught of survey requests you receive daily? I’ve started to – and I must say, it’s a lot! When I buy something, there’s almost always a survey request on the receipt. A few days after a flight, a survey request from the airline...
“But we’ve always done it this way”
How many times have you heard “but, we’ve always done it this way!” proclaimed in your organization regarding your processes or service offerings? Change is hard. And regardless of whether we’re motivated by our negative emotions, or simply underestimate the process...
Partnering with your RMC – The Importance of Cultural Fit
Selecting a Relocation Management Company, or RMC, is about more than just finding the right supplier for your company; it’s about finding the right partner. Your RMC is going to be in direct communication with your relocating employees, which means they should share...
State of the Canadian Housing Market
Overvaluation and price acceleration continue to plague the Canadian housing market. According to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), the housing market continues to have a high degree of vulnerability for the seventh consecutive year. The Housing...
A Top Workplace for the Fifth Consecutive Year!
As you may have heard, we have some exciting news! WHR Group has been named a Top Workplace by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel for the fifth consecutive year. We are humbled and proud to have received the Top Workplaces Award for the fifth year in a row, but for us, it...
Business Travel During a Winter Storm: Improvements at JFK Airport
Ever hear of a snow ‘bomb cyclone’? Well, if you traveled by plane in January of 2018, you know what we’re talking about. The harsh winter storm that hit the northeast United States left hundreds of travelers stranded and in the dark on what to do next. The Port...
Choosing a RMC: Why Bigger Isn’t Always Better
Moving is never easy. There. It's out in the open - a truth that your employees will certainly recognize. While there are many factors you cannot control in the process of transitioning your company's most precious resources - its people - from one place to another,...
