Mobility Trends: Talent Development and Employee Experience

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During ongoing conversations with our clients, Sirva continues to explore key trend areas and their impact on mobility strategies. We also discuss strategies organisations have implemented, or are looking to implement, in the future to achieve their talent management and organisational objectives.

This article takes a look at trends and strategies in the areas of Employee Experience and Talent Development.

Employee Experience

When asked about future-focused strategy, organisations are looking to enhance the employee experience, with a keen awareness of the effects that relocation can have on employees and their families.

The main areas of focus organisations share for improving the employee experience are:

Reviewing mobility policies
Improving employee retention
Focusing on wellness and duty of care
Establishing greater flexibility in policy and processes

Employee Experience: What are Organisations Planning?

Following are some strategies organisations have shared to help enhance the employee experience:

EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE STRATEGIES

Policy and Processes

Conducting a full policy review to ensure flexibility to reflect new hybrid workforce
Redesigning policies to be purpose-driven to segment for a transparent experience
Approving policy exceptions
Improving coordination of processes between all suppliers/vendors

Employee Support

Setting expectations upfront with an employee intake call to identify critical to quality service elements (CTQs)
Understanding the value of relocating employees
Offering intercultural training
Conducting security department briefings and intercultural training for LGBTQ+ employees to be better prepared for certain countries
Improving tech solutions/automation to reduce waiting times for employees to connect with vendors
Getting FAQs to employees quickly via different communication tools
Facilitating direct meetings for relocating employees to track and improve attrition

Flexibility

Providing flexibility in language/intercultural training
Realising employee needs differ and meeting them with empathy (e.g. technology, flexibility)

TALENT DEVELOPMENT

mobility trends In the area of talent development, organisations are fostering learning, employee engagement, talent management, and employee development to drive organisational performance, productivity and results.

The main areas of Talent Development focus for Global Mobility are:

Developing the Organisation’s Overall Talent Pool

Talent acquisition support
Developmental assignments

Developing Individual Employees

Supporting different move types
Supporting employees in challenging locations
Ensuring assignment success and ROI

Talent Development: What are Organisations Planning?

Following are some strategies organisations have shared to help improve talent development:

Talent Development Strategies

Policy and Processes

Having policies and procedures in place for international moves/assignments
Conducting candidate and family assessment/selection
Considering expanding relocation policy to entry-level roles to attract new talent and to develop loyalty
Reviewing selection and assessment criteria for assignments and transfers
Putting technical platforms in place to track and report on talent development

Training

Providing Mobility training basics to Talent Acquisition to help set expectations better and provide simple tools and materials
Training for employees and all stakeholders along the process
Providing more development opportunities and communicating to employees that relocation helps diversify experience and is needed to grow
Offering leadership training, personal development, and continuous excellence training

Align Mobility and Talent

Continuing to partner with Talent Acquisition to promote internal mobility
Developing new talent through exposure to different experiences
Aligning mobility programme to broader company talent strategy
Assessing ROI when an employee returns from a global assignment, keeping employees with the company

For more information on how we can help your organisation shape the future of your programme through talent development and mobility policy support, please email us at concierge@sirva.com or reach out to your Sirva representative.