Nathan Cornwell Consulting

One of the common questions I often hear asked is... How do you get expats to 'land soft' and 'perform quick?' 🌍 👆 In my personal onboarding experiences... I have received the good, the bad and the ugly... What are some top practices that you think can help expats to get up to speed as fast as possible? Here are some research-based insights. #expat #careers #onboarding #talentmanagement

It's often what's left 'unsaid' that is important when moving to work abroad 💼 🌍 It's the expectations! 💭 Psychologists and HR professionals refer to this as a "psychological contract" and it has a big impact on how likely expat assignments will... Succeed or fail. Thanks to Heather De Cruz-Cornaire, MSc, BSc (Hons) for sharing her recent research into this area! 3 lessons for our leaders, HR professionals and global mobility experts: 👉 Establish what are the expectations of the expat professional throughout the assignment. 👉 Leverage external consultants to help mitigate against these unkept expectations that break the psychological contracts e.g. the role is not exactly how it was painted out during the initial conversations with HR. 👉 Demonstrate explicitly your own expectations of the individual, so the organisation does not feel that the individual is not performing as well as you'd expect. Have you ever felt that your workplace expectations were not met when you moved abroad? #expatcareers #psychologicalcontract #organisationalpsychology

How much do we use our character to determine our careers? 💼 😁 I would argue that most of us don't even know our character...let alone use it for designing our careers. It's been a little while... 📖 But, I am delighted to share that Clive Wilson, Harleen Kaur Chawla and I have put together the latest chapter from our book "Designing a Purposeful Career." Thank you both for your hard work and contributions once again. And, with only a few more chapters to go...the book will be complete! 👏 For those in talent management, HR and interested in developing their own professional careers, please share any feedback with us so we can incorporate it. How does your character shape your purpose in the workplace? 🤔 #character #book #workplacesuccess

Trip to Oman in the...suuunshiiine! 😎 Oasis pun intended! 🎵 I was lucky enough last weekend to take a quick trip across the border. It was fantastic to meet and hear from several expats residing there about their experiences. I always find exploring the city in-person gives you the only real feel for how things are on-the-ground. Excited to return at again in the near future! P.s. how did everyone get on with the Oasis tickets? 😅 #expat #Oasis #expatlife

How do you work successfully abroad? 🌍 💼 I had the pleasure of speaking with the Truth, Lies & Work Podcast team on this topic. As they are also expats, it made for a great conversation. After speaking with many expats over the years as both clients, friends and colleagues... There are 5 common challenges of which I call the FLAIR model: 👉 Finances 👉 Logistics 👉 Acquiring new learnings 👉 Inner emotions 👉 Role and relationships Can anyone relate to any of these? (P.S. This podcast has so many other fantastic speakers and topics to dive into on the world's of business and psychology) #expat #organisationalpsychology

How to lose 9 Trillion Dollars? 💰 Recent research by Gallup reveals the answer. 9% of global GDP is lost to disengaged employees according to their recent survey 👎 👉 41% of workers in the survey felt stress 👉 Lonliness was often felt by remote and younger workers 👉 Best-practice organisations had over 3/4's of their management engaged. Working as an organisational psychologist...I want to help make work better for people 💼 Helping promote levels of engagement at the top can create a 'trickle down' effect of creating more first-line employees to feel they have more meaningful work. To do this, we first need to understand how our workforce is right now... and then determine the best way to sustain these levels or move them in the right direction. Consequently, this can result in higher performing businesses, alongside employees that find more meaning within their work. How engaged are you feeling at work? #organisationalpsychology #engagement #expat

What is one way to help your global organisation perform better? 🔥 I recently helped a client with a specific problem. His business was split over 5 branches, each of which hired a number of different expats 🌍 The challenge with international teams is that... ...they bring a new level of complexity to aspects such as leadership, communication and teamwork. We conducted research into the culture of the organisation and identified that there were specific misunderstandings and misalignment. Through, best practice research in organisational psychology... We incorporated feedback from all the teams including the leadership. Realigning with the goals and values of the business helped get the organisation performing much better again. ...we were able to get the ship steered away from the iceberg and in the right direction again 🛳 Have you ever encountered challenges with your international teams? #international #teamwork #organisationalpsychology

Have you got your professional gold medal this year? 🥇 Someone who has... 👀 Delighted to have been supporting the ambitious Jason Odle recently! 👏 He showed that he was really committed to the process and has been a pleasure to work with! Looking forward to seeing you continue to achieve your goals. If you're an expat...have big ambitions for your career... and want to partner up... 🌍 💼 Let me know! What are your workplace goals this year? How close are you to achieving them? #success #leadership #careerdevelopment

I remember this day vividly 💭 This was my first day living and working in China 🌍 💼 I was picked up by the HR at my new company. I maintained a smile but inside I was very anxious 😰 Looking outside the taxi window, everything seemed so different. I hadn't known what to really expect. We arrived at a restaurant to get breakfast. "What would you like?" he asked. "I'm not sure, to be honest...I can't read the menu," I replied. After eating some mysterious food, I was dropped off at the hotel I would now be staying in for the next two weeks until I found an apartment to move into. I stayed in that room for the entire first day - jetlagged, nervous and wondering why I had ever thought this would be a good idea. More worrying, there was no time to settle in. I was due at work tomorrow. I had a fantastic 6 years living in Beijing. However, I often look back at this first day and wonder if there could have been more to help me settle 🤔 The experience taught me a lot...and now moving to work abroad has become easier. So, what are your best tips for moving abroad to work? #expat #hr #workplacesuccess

One of my biggest values is... ...being proactive 🔥 It's always great working with a client who is willing to try things out and commit to the process of helping themselves and those they lead 👏 It's been really great working with Omar Abduljalil recently. He has demonstrated excellent ambition to continue developing his leadership skills and strategise how to achieve his workplace goals. What are some proactive moments you have shown at work recently? 🤔 #expat #leadership #employeeperformance