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 Volume 3, issue 9

Are you fully considering the impact of relocation on your new hire's spouse? An unhappy spouse will trump even a dream job...John

Management idea

We have a client that recruited the absolute perfect candidate for a key senior position.  He had the industry experience, leadership traits to develop the entire next generation of leaders, and apparently loved the idea of moving to the southern location of the company headquarters.  He accepted the job and was everything they hoped for - he quickly became a corner stone of their growth strategy.

What they had failed to appreciate was that his wife's entire family lived in the northeast. She hated the climate, what passed for entertainment in the local community, and the extreme isolation from everything she loved.  In the end it became a choice between a job he enjoyed - even loved, and the woman he had loved since high school.  Guess who won?  For key hires you have to invest time in meeting the spouse and understanding the depth of their buy-in for any required relocation.