Episode #117 - Moving Someone Isn't the Same as Settling Them In | Kat Osborn, Global Mobility Coach

In this episode, Paul sits down with Kat Osborn, Global Mobility Coach & Consultant, to talk about the people on both sides of a move: the Mobility professionals who do the moving, and the employees and families who relocate. Kat has 19+ years in Global Mobility as an expat, a consultant and a transformation leader, including Head of Global Mobility at FIS and APAC Mobility Transformation Lead at Deloitte. She now coaches and consults for Global Mobility professionals and expat leaders. Kat expects much of Mobility's operational work to be automated, leaving the human skills as the job. She thinks Mobility people already have more of those than they give themselves credit for, from stakeholder management to project and change management, but rarely make time to step back and see it. She also asks what "hit the ground running" really takes for someone who's just uprooted their whole life. We often measure the success of the relocation, not the success of the person in their new role, and support for settling in is too often an afterthought, made optional or cut.  We discuss: How can Mobility professionals future-proof their careers as AI takes on operational work? Which transferable skills do Mobility people undersell? Why should Mobility teams stop and celebrate what they've achieved? What small, specific first steps actually stick? What does "hit the ground running" really mean for someone who's just uprooted their life? Why does settling-in support get cut, or come too late? We hope you enjoy.