Mobility
Executive Mobility & Relocation
How willing senior leaders genuinely are to relocate, what changes the answer, and the cost of assuming they will not.
All insights
Relocation assumptions are usually made at brief stage and rarely tested. In practice, willingness to move is far more dependent on the structure of the offer and family circumstance than on the destination market itself.
We track declined approaches by reason, which gives an unusually direct read on what actually stops a move. Location ranks below equity structure, reporting line and role scope in almost every mandate.
The report includes practical guidance on framing an international brief so the accessible population is not narrowed unnecessarily.
What the report finds
- Location is rarely the primary reason a senior approach is declined.
- Hybrid and dual-location arrangements materially widen the accessible population.
- Relocation support is more often decisive than relocation allowance size.
- Briefs that exclude international candidates typically lose a third of the qualified market.
Coverage
Cross-border senior appointmentsEurope, Middle East, Asia-PacificFunction-level breakdown