Our Global Mobility Survey (GMS) reports
Over the past decade, Santa Fe Relocation has collaborated with Savanta, a leading B2B research organisation to produce a Global Mobility Survey report. The Report was created to enable HR and Global Mobility teams to identify areas of their Global Mobility programmes that required transformation and using the data and insights, engage their leadership to effect change. In the last five years our GMS report has won seven Global Mobility Awards. You can view our annual reports below.
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Taking care of Global Mobility
This report examines the rising complexities faced by Global Mobility and HR professionals, including the impact of increasing regulatory, legal, and duty-of-care responsibilities. Produced by Crowe UK, in collaboration with Expatise Academy and our team at Santa Fe Relocation, it combines interviews with industry leaders and comprehensive survey data to highlight how businesses are managing these challenges and where gaps remain.
Take a look at our previous reports
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2023/24 GMS series — Reshaping Global Mobility part four
This report explores the wellbeing interventions organisations have in place to support their international talent cadre. Through a series of interviews with Global Mobility and HR leaders and quantitative research, we reflect on the progress made in focusing on this critical aspect of duty of care and enabling people and organisations to optimise their performance.
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2022/23 GMS series — Reshaping Global Mobility part three
This report Sustainable mobility — measure, collaborate and educate, reports on progress made by Global Mobility (GM) teams looking to balance the need to mobilise talent on a cross-border basis with becoming more sustainable and aligned with their organisation’s broader ESG principles.
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2022/23 GMS series — Reshaping Global Mobility part two
This report is based on interviews between December 2021 and September 2022, with GM and senior talent leaders who shared their insights. It builds on part one and focuses on Talent: virtual, hybrid and in-person — what really works?
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2022/23 GMS series — Reshaping Global Mobility part one
This report demonstrates the need to reflect on changes such as cross-border remote working and work from anywhere. New insights from key organisations about these topics are addressed.
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2021/22 GMS report — REDEFINE: An extraordinary time
Discusses how, in the post-pandemic world, change can lead to new possibilities and talent can transform the industry. It addresses strategic workforce planning and the changing international work arrangements.
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10th-anniversary GMS edition — A decade of Global Mobility
Reviews the key themes from the previous ten years of global mobility Reports. This includes an increased diversity of policies and changes in assignments throughout the industry, the growth of remote and hybrid working, and the integration of DE&I into the workplace.
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2020/21 GMS report — REPURPOSE: Challenging change
Looks at the transformation of the workplace in regard to global mobility, how global mobility team roles have evolved over time, and the importance of duty of care towards the international workforce.
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2019 GMS report — REVISION: Mobility through the looking glass
Assesses how international mobility can facilitate the development of future leaders, and employees increasingly taking control of their own careers. Explores future global mobility trends, and how can the value of this global mobility can be demonstrated to leadership.
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2018 GMS report — REACT: Transformation in the age of uncertainty
Evaluates predicted future trends for global mobility. Discusses how to balance compliance and growth, reactions to new global mobility changes, and how to transform an organisation through enhanced talent management.
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2017 GMS report — Embedding business strategy in Global Mobility
Reviews topics including main focal points around organisation drivers for relocation, trends in mobility assignments, and the increase in technology investment to track return on investment.
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2016 GMS | Embedding GM at the heart of business strategy
Identifies the upward trend of global mobility deployments. The importance and difficulty of Global Mobility teams demonstrating value to the wider organisation, and how strategic workforce planning factors into global mobility’s contribution.
