Expat Women June Home Page

Hi Everyone, We have uploaded our June Home Page features a little early, as June 1 falls over the weekend. Here is a quick summary:

Success Story: Anna Catalano
In 2001, Fortune Magazine crowned Anna Catalano as one of the most powerful women in international business. At the time, she was in London serving as a Group Vice President, Marketing, for BP. These days, Anna serves on several high-profile Boards, juggling Board duties for a global insurance broker, a consumer products company (whose main products are condoms and footcare/footware products), a chemical company, a finance company, a biotechnology company and a diabetes foundation. Anna is amazing.

Business Idea: Fiat 500 Touring Club
We talk to Brit Sophie Bye about her innovative business idea to set up a touring club in Italy, with a fleet of vintage 1950’s and 1960’s Fiat 500 cars. We ask Sophie her Top Five pieces of advice for expats setting up a business abroad.

Expat Confession: My Trailing Man
One of our Expat Women Girlfriends answers this confession:

"I moved to Europe 14 months ago for my career. I was offered a once-in-a-lifetime job and my partner agreed that it was just too good for me to refuse, so he happily supported our move and came as my ‘trailing spouse’. Before I accepted the assignment, we talked long and hard about what options there might be for my partner here, given that he enjoyed his field of work and derived a great deal of satisfaction from it.

Having worked for 20 years already, he assured me that whilst he would possibly seek out work opportunities upon arrival, he saw this as the perfect opportunity for him to take some time out of the rat race and explore his interests of golf, photography and medieval castles.

The problem is, he seems to have exhausted his interests in non-work pursuits and now keeps complaining to me that he hates it here because he is “a nobody”. I confess that I do not fully appreciate what he is going through… all I know is that I need to do something. Help."

Overcoming Conflict... Especially When Moving Abroad
Moving house is certainly a stressful life-experience, but when coupled with moving country too, it really does take some beating. Stress can cause tension and disagreement, particularly between you and your partner, as you plan and execute your plans to relocate. Thanks go to Rebecca Wells for contributing this article, in which she share six simple coaching strategies for you.

Featured Book: A Career In Your Suitcase
We talk to Jo Parfitt about the third edition of her must-have portable career guide. This is the one that we did the book review for recently for The Telegraph UK. We are Jo Parfitt fans anyway, but this book is fabulous: it is jam-packed with so much useful information and it really does prove why she is an expert in the field of developing your own portable career.

We will have a few more new features in our upcoming June newsletter. If you do not already receive our newsletters, please support us by signing up today (you will also receive our free E-Book: Winning Stories). We will be sending our June newsletter out early next week.

Thanks and have a fantastic weekend!