Living Abroad - Bingo Or Disaster
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The commandments for becoming a best-selling expatriate
1. Executive summary
The book shares the experience of a twenty-year expatriate with a multinational company and is divided into three parts:
- Profile of the Ideal Expatriate and the Sharing of Our Experience Abroad Part I
- Ten Commandments for Becoming a Best-selling Expatriate Part II
- Contract for an Expatriate Assignment Part III
Readers can flip from part to part guided by their prime interest, although the best understanding of the ten commandments is achieved by first reading Part I. Part III serves as a point of reference in the design and negotiation of contracts.
It addresses expatriates who have to decide whether to stay abroad or to return to their countries of origin, as well as expatriates who find themselves lost in their own countries upon their return.
It is also a most valuable point of reference for executives who have expatriates as their direct reports or HR professionals in charge of expatriates.
2. Short description of each part
2.1. Part I
2.1.1 Profile of the Ideal Expatriate
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- Main considerations before going abroad including cross-cultural preparation, remuneration packages, related issues, and family concerns. Part I closes with the concerns related to the return to the country of origin.
2.1.2. The Sharing of Our Experience Abroad
This section features the expatriate life in
In order to capture the interest of first-time expatriates, the section related to the first foreign assignment is more elaborate than the following postings.
2.2. Part II
This part features the ten golden rules
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About the Book
We ventured abroad in 1984, and I managed companies as the country CEO in Indonesia, Malaysia, Greece, India, and the Philippines. Margrit, my wife, shared with me the years abroad, and both of us returned to our country of origin, Switzerland, in 2003. I moved again to Indonesia in 2004, where we started our international assignments, and Margrit decided to stay in Switzerland.
I am pleased to share the experience of our expatriate life, which is divided into three parts:
• Profile of the Ideal Expatriate and the Sharing of Our Experience Abroad Part I
• Ten Commandments for Becoming a Best-selling Expatriate Part II
• Contract for an Expatriate Assignment Part III
Feel free to flip from topic to topic guided by your prime interest, although the best understanding of the ten commandments is achieved by first reading Part I.
Part III serves as a point of reference in the design and negotiation of contracts.
About the Author
Hermann Lischer spent most of his professional career far from home and by doing so highly developed his managerial skills within a multicultural environment. He was very fortunate to have the support of his wife, Margrit, who was a firm part of his international career. Upon return to the country of origin Hermann experienced the reverse cultural shock, which most expariates face upon the return to their roots. After one year "at home" he decided to again venture abroad where as Margrit decided to stay in the country of origin.
Hermann can be best described as being quick, ingenious, good at many things, resourceful in solving challenging problems without appetite for routine assignments.