I served in Peace Corps in Thailand from 2012 to 2015. Rewarding, effective and practical, I often wondered not just why there wasn’t more Peace Corps in the world, but also whether the private sector had similar programs to provide employees the opportunity to transfer skills, partner with local communities, and exchange culture.

Compassion leads to employee happiness, better global business leaders and greater organizational success. Read our blog and watch Google’s “Jolly Good” Fellow, Chade-Meng Tan talk about how compassion thrives at Google and learn why every company should follow their lead.

The mentality of a global citizen could be the key to expatriate success. Eliminating the barriers of nationality may help expatriates and their host country coworkers find long-term solutions to company wide problems and increase the likelihood of expatriate assignment success.