As I am writing to you from a plane high in the clouds, I hope you will find useful the information I am about to share regarding a topic very dear to me: being an expat and a global corporate citizen.
I still remember the first time I lived abroad. The year was 2012, I was a 22-year-old exchange student in Dublin, Ireland, and had recently graduated from college in my hometown of São Paulo, Brazil. Even though I had wished and hoped and worked hard for that moment, today I realize I was not entirely prepared for the challenges posed by intercultural differences and all the skills I would need to learn and master to succeed. During that time, I met both students who ended up moving permanently to Dublin and others who gave up on the exchange and moved back to their home-countries before the third-month mark.
Jumping seven years ahead in time to 2019 I had one of the greatest and most sought-after opportunities in the corporate world: I was transferred overseas for work. I cannot tell you how fast my younger self came into play to remind me that this time I was to be more prepared and well-equipped with the necessary tools to succeed, now that I was moving to Dallas, U.S.
This time around I had the opportunity to meet lots more expats and foreigners in a corporate setting. Many were thriving in their personal lives and excelling at their jobs, while others shared difficulties around making friends with locals, missing the food from home, not engaging in meetings, having difficulties meeting their goals, or communicating effectively with their teams.
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