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Team Relocations Is Now SIRVA Worldwide Relocation & Moving!

SIRVA as a global leader in moving and relocation services offers unmatched global breadth and innovative technology, complementing Team Relocations' longstanding reputation for high quality moving and relocation solutions to some of the world's leading multinational organizations.

Our resources combine the unique talents and expertise of leaders across a broad scope of mobility-related services. This synthesis is a key part of our commitment to provide our clients and their employees with the best moving and relocation experience possible.

By combining Team Relocations with SIRVA, we offer 75 office locations worldwide with over 2,900 employees operating in 180+ countries. Customers benefit from our:

  • End to End Service Delivery Model from departure to destination. We will help you with everything including visa and immigration, employee counseling and VIP services. Our relocation specialists are here to help. 
  • Client Advisory Services. We will work with you, according to your specific needs, to achieve more efficient and high-quality relocations. SIRVA offers a multitude of client financial services, from lump sum to expense management, which are designed to help ease the financial burden of relocating your employees. We can assist in compensation and payroll administrations, vendor management, intern management programs, group move management, and management reporting. 
  • Home and Mortgage Services. From home finding to tenancy management, we can help ease the process of moving and help relocating employees have one less thing to worry about.
  • Moving Services. We can help you and your employees get to where they need to be. Whether moving to a new house, a new office or trying to relocate a pet, we have the resources to help make the process go as smoothly as possible for your employees. 
  • Technology Solutions. Our innovative and flexible technology solutions have been developed you and your employees in mind: easy-to-use, intuitive and helps to save time and resources, whilst enhancing reporting capabilities. We continue to invest in order to improve the relocation process for both mobility teams and relocating employees. 

 

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Sirva Soundbites - The FM Journey: Why Intercultural Training is Critical for Employee-Centered Mobility

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  • Tuesday, November 3, 2026 5:30:07 AM

Are your global mobility programs and relocation services actually setting employees up to succeed, or just getting them from point A to B?

On the latest episode of Sirva Soundbites, host Brenda Bellon, Global Director of Intercultural at Sirva, speaks with Suzie Chapman, Staff Vice President, Global Mobility at FM, about why intercultural training sits at the center of FM's global mobility services support, even while they are under pressure to cut costs.

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Sirva Soundbites: Intercultural Training is Critical for Employee-Centered Mobility

A Personal Case for Intercultural Training

Suzie's conviction started with her own experience. Early in her career, she delivered system training in Singapore using a style she describes as "very New York and very American." It didn't land. Two weeks in, a local leader gave her an informal cultural training session over lunch, a reset she still credits today.

Why Cutting Intercultural Training Doesn't Pay Off

When companies consider replacing training with self-serve tools to cut costs, Suzie’s response is direct: trimming intercultural training is "a rounding error" against the total cost of relocation services. The real return comes from employees ramping up faster, a difference she says can double or triple the cost saved by cutting intercultural training.

Repatriation Deserves the Same Attention

FM added repatriation training after hearing a consistent pattern in employee feedback: people were coming home with new skills and, in Suzie's words, "no place to put them." Coming home isn't automatically the easy part.

Applying it to Relocation into India

As FM scales its presence in India, intercultural training has extended beyond just expatriates. A dedicated "Doing Business in India" program and an ambassador model now support leaders and teams working with India-based colleagues, not just those relocating there.

The Takeaway

Intercultural training isn't just a discretionary add-on to relocation services. It's what determines whether the rest of a global mobility program actually works. Listen to the full conversation between Brenda Bellon and Suzie Chapman on Sirva Soundbites, wherever you get your podcasts.

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