Global Mobility Survey (GMS) reports

Discover key insights from our latest report, summarising findings from the Taking Care series. This summary revisits core topics including cross-border remote work, leadership and presence, sustainable mobility, talent wellbeing, and the evolving roles of Global Mobility professionals. Click to find out more about how these insights can help shape your organisation’s global mobility strategy.

This report examines the rising complexities faced by Global Mobility and HR professionals, including the impact of increasing regulatory, legal, and duty-of-care responsibilities. Produced by Crowe UK, in collaboration with Expatise Academy and our team at Santa Fe Relocation, it combines interviews with industry leaders and comprehensive survey data to highlight how businesses are managing these challenges and where gaps remain.

This report explores the wellbeing interventions organisations have in place to support their international talent cadre. Through a series of interviews with Global Mobility and HR leaders and quantitative research, we reflect on the progress made in focusing on this critical aspect of duty of care and enabling people and organisations to optimise their performance.

This report Sustainable mobility — measure, collaborate and educate, reports on progress made by Global Mobility (GM) teams looking to balance the need to mobilise talent on a cross-border basis with becoming more sustainable and aligned with their organisation’s broader ESG principles.

This report is based on interviews between December 2021 and September 2022, with GM and senior talent leaders who shared their insights. It builds on part one and focuses on Talent: virtual, hybrid and in-person — what really works?

This report demonstrates the need to reflect on changes such as cross-border remote working and work from anywhere. New insights from key organisations about these topics are addressed.

Discusses how, in the post-pandemic world, change can lead to new possibilities and talent can transform the industry. It addresses strategic workforce planning and the changing international work arrangements.

Looks at the transformation of the workplace in regard to global mobility, how global mobility team roles have evolved over time, and the importance of duty of care towards the international workforce.

Reviews the key themes from the previous ten years of global mobility Reports. This includes an increased diversity of policies and changes in assignments throughout the industry, the growth of remote and hybrid working, and the integration of DE&I into the workplace.

Assesses how international mobility can facilitate the development of future leaders, and employees increasingly taking control of their own careers. Explores future global mobility trends, and how can the value of this global mobility can be demonstrated to leadership.

Evaluates predicted future trends for global mobility. Discusses how to balance compliance and growth, reactions to new global mobility changes, and how to transform an organisation through enhanced talent management.

Reviews topics including main focal points around organisation drivers for relocation, trends in mobility assignments, and the increase in technology investment to track return on investment.

Identifies the upward trend of global mobility deployments. The importance and difficulty of Global Mobility teams demonstrating value to the wider organisation, and how strategic workforce planning factors into global mobility’s contribution.

Discusses how global mobility teams have been stretched to their limit, the major risks faced by the industry, duty of care to the international workforce, and how to demonstrate a return on investment from international workforce assignments.