| Expatriate Consulting offers services that preserve and enhance the investment companies make in the people they send on international assignment. EC can assist the small to medium-sized enterprise based in the United States at any stage of the international assignment cycle with customized psychosocial programs or individual contacts that promote assignment success. |
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 Manage the Real Threats to Assignment Success |
| Attending to the psychosocial dimension of assignments is good business. Psychosocial factors are the most frequent contributor to assignment failure, and a well-adjusted expatriate employee is, in general, a higher performing one. |
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| PREVENT NEGATIVE SPILLOVER |
| Across all industries, the majority of expatriate employees have accompanying spouses or other dependents. The well-being of these dependents and the health of the marital relationship must be assured to prevent negative spillover to employee work performance. |
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| KNOW THAT YOU ARE SELECTING THE RIGHT PEOPLE |
| An assessment program can identify what the employee candidate and accompanying spouse have as personality, relationship and other resources to meet the challenge of not just cultural change but the broader lifestyle and personal changes involved with
an international assignment. |
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| FACILITATE EFFECTIVE PERSONAL PREPARATION |
| In addition to serving as a final stage check on selection, EC's assessment program proactively builds stress tolerance for a range of assignment challenges while fine-tuning a sense of mutual support and partnership between an expatriate employee and accompanying spouse that are crucial for assignment success. |
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| CHOOSE ASSESSMENT OPTIONS THAT BEST FIT YOUR NEEDS |
| Remote assessment using both Internet-based tools and telephone conference is offered when circumstances do not permit a program delivered face-to-face. |
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| PROVIDE PROACTIVE SUPPORT |
| Once launched, expatriates, especially those on their first assignment, can benefit from proactive support during their initial period of adjustment to the host country and culture. |
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| REDUCE EMPLOYEE ATTRITION |
| Repatriation debriefing, education, and support promote successful reintegration of expatriate employees into the home country work force and reduce the likelihood of employee attrition because of psychosocial factors. |
