Human Capital Leadership Institute helps businesses shape effective CBRW talent strategies

The adoption of Cross-Border Remote Work (CBRW) has been gaining momentum over recent years, with employees benefiting from the flexibility in where and how to work, and employers tapping into global talent pools. In a post-pandemic world, companies must prepare for the challenges that come with a ‘return to office’ policy. In order to provide guidance and recommendations to business and HR leaders, HCLI needed to investigate the following:

1. The extent to which organisations have adopted CBRW
2. Benefits and challenges of CBRW
3. Attributes that CBRW employees would need to be successful in their roles
4. Key implications of CBRW for organisations

An in-depth quantitative study was launched using Pureprofile’s panel. This complemented the qualitative research that had been conducted by HCLI through interviews in order to fully capture the nuances and dynamics of CBRW. This was achieved by:

Leveraging and providing highly profiled panellists to identify CBRW adopters - Our project management teams defined the relevant respondents from a wide range of organisations, ensuring SMEs, MNCs, local companies and the public sector were covered.

Providing quality assurance to draw meaningful insights - Using our stringent data quality detection, CleanID, we ensured clean and accurate data was collected for close-ended answers from respondents before analysis.

HCLI used the survey findings to develop an organisation-focused framework that lays the foundation for a sustainable CBRW ecosystem. The report allowed HCLI to:

1. Identify the opportunities and challenges of CBRW adoption across different size companies, organisations and industries
2. Understand the digital, social, intercultural, and functional skills attributes needed from employees to thrive in a CBRW environment
3. Provide recommendations to clients on managing processes and workforce enhancements
4. Use evidence-based research to present itself as a leading authority