FIVE TYPES OF GLOBAL MINDS YOU MEET ABROAD

Are you an explorer, keen to see the world? Or are you simply moving abroad because you’re sent there on an expat assignment?

There are various different kinds of internationally minded people roaming the globe, five common types of such global minds

The Explorer

The explorer simply loves to travel the globe, to seek out foreign shores and explore the world. Displaying a keen interest in all that is new and unknown, the explorer is oftentimes particularly drawn to destinations which very much differ from home. Asia, for example, is thus a popular destination of choice for western explorers.

While abroad, the explorer actively seeks out to experience the local culture. Attempts to speak the local language are made, but not always successful. Explorers are like nomads, roaming the globe because there is so much to see, learn, and experience, with each trip or stay abroad an adventure to somewhere new.

However, there are some explorers with a particularly focused interest in one specific country or culture, then known as country-/culturephiles. Take for example the Anglophile. Self-made expats often fall into this sub-category, spurred on by their love for a destination to make the move abroad.

The Escapee

Contrary to the explorer, the escapee is less driven by a love for the unknown, and more by a desire to flee their home. Reasons for the escapee’s flight may vary, from simply boredom to trouble with an ex-partner or the law. The common theme, however, is typically the further away and the more exotic the destination, the better.

The expat retiree is a classic example for the escapee type. Finally able to enjoy the fruits of their life-long labors, most retirees seek out sunny shores to escape the wet and cold climates of their home countries. Florida and Thailand, for instance, are popular destinations for the pensioned escapee.

The Foreign Partner

The foreign partner is living abroad not because of a love or hate for one country, but simply because of love, period. Regardless of whether they have met the love of their life during an explorer’s adventure or simply at the supermarket checkout, the foreign partner finds themselves abroad because love knows no borders.

Depending on their general disposition and personality, moving abroad for love may be the happy fulfilment of a lifelong dream or have the potential of becoming a nightmare. Only the end of the honeymoon phase will tell.

The International Local

Not a foreign resident themselves, the international local is nevertheless very much a global mind. They actively seek out travelers and foreigners, or are at least glad to be gotten in touch with and are thankful for opportunities to share their local expertise with strangers.

International locals are often returned explorers or repatriates themselves, hungering for familiar accents and opportunities to speak the language, keen on sharing experiences, news and stories about the former host-country, or simply hoping to get back this feeling of travelling and experiencing foreign cultures.

The Classic Expatriate

Sent abroad for a few years by their current employer, the classic expatriate typically takes this chance to further their career and ideally also get some expat benefits out of their stay abroad. Being sent abroad is, however, already where most similarities between classic expatriates end. Based on their individual characters and their behavior while living abroad, there are at least three very distinct subcategories of classic expatriates: the alien, the elitist, and the assimilator.

The alien sticks out in their host country and culture like a sore thumb, whether by choice (e.g. culturally insensitive behavior), or by circumstances (e.g. outward appearance). The elitist similarly does not integrate in the local culture, but spends most of their time, both at work and at home, with fellow expats. The assimilator, on the other hand, does their best to blend in by speaking the local language and adhering to local customs.

Of course, as is always the case with types and categories, these are very much a broad generalization. In real life, things are hardly ever as black and white. In fact, global minds can easily be identified or identify themselves with more than one of these types or a totally different type entirely. A keen explorer, for instance, may happily be sent abroad on a classic expat assignment.

Fuente: InterNations

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BRAND YOURSELF AS A HIGH POTENTIAL

by Dr. Marla Gottschalk

When you get a new job you can’t expect to walk through the office door a virtuoso.

Establishing your reputation and setting yourself apart from the crowd takes time. This is perfectly fine — good things come with time and patience. It’s not a sprint to climb the staircase of your work life, it is definitely a “steady and paced” endeavor.

Tom Peter’s classic article, The Brand Called You, emphasized the importance of developing your own career brand in our fast-paced world of work, and I agree with his premise. Standing out in a sea of competition can be daunting, and branding is a savvy option to consider. You are your own brand — and you alone have the control to develop that brand wisely. As Peters reflects, you are the “CEO” of you.

Keeping your nose to the grindstone is a great place to start. However, a solid strategy is even better. You need to set a projected path and make the most of every interaction. Whatever you are doing, make a commitment to do it well — no matter the task. Ultimately, it is your behavior, not the prestige of the task, that will identify you as something extraordinary.

What will you be adding to the workplace? Strive to be unique. Be remarkable. Be courageous. Make a solid commitment that your actions (and your attitude) mesh with the brand of a high potential contributor.

How to Brand Yourself as a High Potential

Brand yourself as a strategic listener.  Start listening and talk less. Listening is a critical (and often neglected) workplace communication skill. The key here is having the smarts to stay quiet and absorb the knowledge that is around you.

Brand your strengths. Underscore your strengths. What are the two or three areas of expertise that comprise your core value to the organization? Be sure you can speak to these. In fact, develop an elevator pitch explaining your brand — just in case someone directly poses this question. Always be poised to tell your strategic story.

Brand yourself as someone who is self-aware. Be mindful of (but don’t dwell on) your Achilles heel. Your weaknesses can hold you back, so be sure to identify these early on.  It may not be the most pleasant of tasks to consider, but tackling impediments head on can help catapult your career forward.

Brand yourself as the link.  Moving forward in an organization requires a broader focus today, so be the link. How does your function (and your specific role) relate to the success of your organization? Be sure you understand these connections and contribute in a positive manner. We have a responsibility to communicate, and to build healthy and collaborative work environments.

Brand yourself as an expert. Read more. There are great sites, blogs, journal articles and books to help you get a strong grip on your specific industry. For starters, find out what your manager is reading. Develop talking points that engage others and encourage active discussion.

Brand yourself as a team player. Raise your hand for projects that everyone is avoiding. Remember that the tougher the assignment, the more you’ll stand to learn. Take that risk every once in awhile.

Brand yourself as someone who gets things done. Gather information about how decisions are made. Be aware of the respective contributions of other teams in varying functions. Help to create an atmosphere of creativity, innovation and success. Chart a self-improvement course.

Brand yourself as a self-starter. Don’t wait for others to suggest training and development opportunities — have a list on your radar. Stay alert for development opportunities that will make an impact on your career path and prepare you for the next steps. Don’t ignore the basics (presentation skills, for example), as they are career building blocks.

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10 SKILLS YOU NEED TO LEAD A GLOBAL COMPANY

by Gayle Rigione

Have you ever sat across from a hiring manager and wondered what’s really going on inside his head?

Pramukh Jeyathilak, Global HR Lead at Amazon, offers some clues. With more than two decades of broad-based experience at leading multinational companies including Microsoft and Accenture, Jeyathilak knows what it takes to succeed as a top manager in our global economy.

His career has taken him to Asia, Europe, Africa, Australia and North America, and he has lived and worked in Bombay, Prague, Dubai and Singapore, as well as Washington, D.C. I recently spoke with him about how he evaluates candidates for top roles and what separates managers from leaders.

GR: What qualities do you look for when assessing senior talent?

PJ:  There are a handful of things I look for and dig into deeply:

• Functional skills and technical expertise.  What are the competencies you’ve gained?  Are the functional and technical skills in alignment with the requirements of the position?
• Adaptability. I consider a person’s experience across the entire spectrum of established, emerging, and consolidating roles and companies.  I look for an understanding of how you handle yourself in a fluid situation — how you’ve handled past role transitions, past company transitions, and geographic changes.
• Demonstrated leadership.  I am always anxious to see if you’ve implemented new processes or new ways of doing things at your company.  Where have you pushed beyond the obvious?  Taken it to the next level?  Challenged the boundaries?  Have you demonstrated leadership, not only at your company, but within your industry, your profession?
• Capacity for people management.  There is a significant difference between being a manager and being a leader. Maybe, as a candidate, you are not yet proven as a leader, but what is the potential you have for leadership?  I try to pinpoint, beyond being JUST a manager, where you have demonstrated leadership capabilities.   Are you entrepreneurial?  Do you have an operating vision?  I often use situational behaviors to assess these things.

GR: Are there other game changers for job seekers?

PR: Personal branding is really important.  You need to create a personal brand beyond the company you work for, and use internal branding within your company to help fill in the gaps.  This may sound somewhat heretical, but I tell people to think of the personal brand first, and the company second.  You need to rise to the occasion and be more than the sum of your parts.  Developing your personal brand is the way to do this.

GR: What do you consider key success factors for people at large, global organizations?

PJ:  I try to focus on not only what people do, but how they do it.  For example,

• What relationships and partnerships do you choose to build? And how do you build those relationships/partnerships?
• Are you looking ahead to the next step? What do you need to know to be successful at that level?  What skills are you acquiring? What is your plan to raise the bar?
• What is your ability to take calculated risks?
• What is your capacity to grow beyond being an individual contributor, to managing teams, to leading teams?
• What is your ability to find the balance between ‘the head and the hand?’  Of course you need expertise, but you also need to be able to get operational and deal with the nits and grits!
• What is your ability to deal with ambiguity? You have to be able to weather change and keep your head clear, especially because the rate of change can be rapid and people have to be able to help themselves in times of change.  I know this is rather Darwinian, but in large organizations in times of transition, it can be a matter of survival of the fittest.

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NINE THINGS SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE 

DO DIFFERENTLY

by Heidi Grant Halvorson

Why have you been so successful in reaching some of your goals, but not others? If you aren’t sure, you are far from alone in your confusion. It turns out that even brilliant, highly accomplished people are pretty lousy when it comes to understanding why they succeed or fail. The intuitive answer — that you are born predisposed to certain talents and lacking in others — is really just one small piece of the puzzle. In fact, decades of research on achievement suggests that successful people reach their goals not simply because of who they are, but more often because of what they do.

1. Get specific. When you set yourself a goal, try to be as specific as possible. “Lose 5 pounds” is a better goal than “lose some weight,” because it gives you a clear idea of what success looks like. Knowing exactly what you want to achieve keeps you motivated until you get there. Also, think about the specific actions that need to be taken to reach your goal. Just promising you’ll “eat less” or “sleep more” is too vague — be clear and precise. “I’ll be in bed by 10pm on weeknights” leaves no room for doubt about what you need to do, and whether or not you’ve actually done it.

2. Seize the moment to act on your goals. Given how busy most of us are, and how many goals we are juggling at once, it’s not surprising that we routinely miss opportunities to act on a goal because we simply fail to notice them. Did you really have no time to work out today? No chance at any point to return that phone call? Achieving your goal means grabbing hold of these opportunities before they slip through your fingers.

To seize the moment, decide when and where you will take each action you want to take, in advance. Again, be as specific as possible (e.g., “If it’s Monday, Wednesday, or Friday, I’ll work out for 30 minutes before work.”) Studies show that this kind of planning will help your brain to detect and seize the opportunity when it arises, increasing your chances of success by roughly 300%.

3. Know exactly how far you have left to go. Achieving any goal also requires honest and regular monitoring of your progress — if not by others, then by you yourself. If you don’t know how well you are doing, you can’t adjust your behavior or your strategies accordingly. Check your progress frequently — weekly, or even daily, depending on the goal.

4. Be a realistic optimist. When you are setting a goal, by all means engage in lots of positive thinking about how likely you are to achieve it. Believing in your ability to succeed is enormously helpful for creating and sustaining your motivation. But whatever you do, don’t underestimate how difficult it will be to reach your goal. Most goals worth achieving require time, planning, effort, and persistence. Studies show that thinking things will come to you easily and effortlessly leaves you ill-prepared for the journey ahead, and significantly increases the odds of failure.

5. Focus on getting better, rather than being good. Believing you have the ability to reach your goals is important, but so is believing you can get the ability. Many of us believe that our intelligence, our personality, and our physical aptitudes are fixed — that no matter what we do, we won’t improve. As a result, we focus on goals that are all about proving ourselves, rather than developing and acquiring new skills. Fortunately, decades of research suggest that the belief in fixed ability is completely wrong — abilities of all kinds are profoundly malleable. Embracing the fact that you can change will allow you to make better choices, and reach your fullest potential. People whose goals are about getting better, rather than being good, take difficulty in stride, and appreciate the journey as much as the destination.

6. Have grit. Grit is a willingness to commit to long-term goals, and to persist in the face of difficulty. Studies show that gritty people obtain more education in their lifetime, and earn higher college GPAs. Grit predicts which cadets will stick out their first grueling year at West Point. In fact, grit even predicts which round contestants will make it to at the Scripps National Spelling Bee. The good news is, if you aren’t particularly gritty now, there is something you can do about it. People who lack grit more often than not believe that they just don’t have the innate abilities successful people have. If that describes your own thinking …. well, there’s no way to put this nicely: you are wrong. As I mentioned earlier, effort, planning, persistence, and good strategies are what it really takes to succeed. Embracing this knowledge will not only help you see yourself and your goals more accurately, but also do wonders for your grit.

7. Build your willpower muscle. Your self-control “muscle” is just like the other muscles in your body — when it doesn’t get much exercise, it becomes weaker over time. But when you give it regular workouts by putting it to good use, it will grow stronger and stronger, and better able to help you successfully reach your goals. To build willpower, take on a challenge that requires you to do something you’d honestly rather not do. Give up high-fat snacks, do 100 sit-ups a day, stand up straight when you catch yourself slouching, try to learn a new skill. When you find yourself wanting to give in, give up, or just not bother — don’t. Start with just one activity, and make a plan for how you will deal with troubles when they occur (“If I have a craving for a snack, I will eat one piece of fresh or three pieces of dried fruit.”) It will be hard in the beginning, but it will get easier, and that’s the whole point. As your strength grows, you can take on more challenges and step-up your self-control workout.

8. Don’t tempt fate. No matter how strong your willpower muscle becomes, it’s important to always respect the fact that it is limited, and if you overtax it you will temporarily run out of steam. Don’t try to take on two challenging tasks at once, if you can help it (like quitting smoking and dieting at the same time). And don’t put yourself in harm’s way — many people are overly-confident in their ability to resist temptation, and as a result they put themselves in situations where temptations abound. Successful people know not to make reaching a goal harder than it already is.

9. Focus on what you will do, not what you won’t do. Do you want to successfully lose weight, quit smoking, or put a lid on your bad temper? Then plan how you will replace bad habits with good ones, rather than focusing only on the bad habits themselves. Research on thought suppression (e.g., “Don’t think about white bears!”) has shown that trying to avoid a thought makes it even more active in your mind. The same holds true when it comes to behavior — by trying not to engage in a bad habit, our habits get strengthened rather than broken. 

If you want to change your ways, ask yourself, What will I do instead? For example, if you are trying to gain control of your temper and stop flying off the handle, you might make a plan like “If I am starting to feel angry, then I will take three deep breaths to calm down.” By using deep breathing as a replacement for giving in to your anger, your bad habit will get worn away over time until it disappears completely.

It is my hope that, after reading about the nine things successful people do differently, you have gained some insight into all the things you have been doing right all along. Even more important, I hope are able to identify the mistakes that have derailed you, and use that knowledge to your advantage from now on. Remember, you don’t need to become a different person to become a more successful one. It’s never what you are, but what you do.

Fuente: Harvard Business Review

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