Expat the Easy Way

Marinda Seisenberger is an expert on International Communication Culture. As a trainer, speaker and coach, Seisenberger supports and advises her customers on how best to live and work internationally. Her areas of expertise include Managing Diversity, International Teams, Communication and Negotiation Skills, and intercultural pre-and post-departure workshops. An expat herself and the wife of a former expat, Seisenberger has lived and worked in different parts of South Africa, Egypt, Mozambique, Namibia, England and Germany.

Dedication

Introduction

Chapter 1 - An expatriate
1.1 The term defined
1.1.2 Types of expatriate
1.2 Where expats are going
1.2.1 World migration in figures

Chapter 2 - Intercultural communication
2.1 The terms defined
2.2 Some models of culture
2.2.1 The iceberg model of culture
2.2.2 The cultural onion
2.3 Expecting the unexpected
Chapter 3 - Ready, steady, go
3.1 The physical move
3.1.1 Pre-departure preparation
3.1.2 Post-arrival plans

Chapter 4 - Surviving expat exhaustion and culture shock
4.1 Expat exhaustion explained
4.2 Strategies for coping
4.3 Culture shock - the phases
4.4 Transition shock

Chapter 5 - Expat health and safety
5.1 Different strokes for different folks
5.2 Pre-departure check-up, vaccination and immunisation
5.3 Have important details at hand
5.4 General safety measures

Chapter 6 - Finance and insurance for expats
6.1 International payment methods
6.2 Taxation for expats
6.3 Introducing international banking
6.4 The cost of living an international life
6.5 Essential insurance for expats

Chapter 7 - Third culture kids (TCKs) and expat children
7.1 Third culture kids (TCKs)
7.2 Supporting your children abroad
7.3 Positive aspects of TCKs and expat children

Chapter 8 - Supporting your spouse and family
8.1 The expat partner
8.2 Strategies for staying happy
8.3 Children and other family members

Chapter 9 - Networking for normality
9.1 Get to know your host culture
9.2 How much of a new thing is a good thing?
9.3 Mingling with the locals
9.4 Learn the lingo
9.5 You're human - give yourself time
9.6 Cultivating friendships

Chapter 10 - The expat career in brief
10.1 The Lewis model of management culture
10.2 Gamification
10.3 Inside international business culture

Chapter 11 - Going home and the repatriation process
11.1 Planning repatriation
11.2 Getting back to normal
11.3 The repatriate and the work place
11.4 Prepare for repatriation when you're planning to leave home

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