HR Guide to Moving Office
How you undertake your office move will have a huge impact on employee morale and staff retention.
Moving office is an exciting time; it presents a whole new world of fresh opportunities, contacts and gives your business the chance of starting afresh in a brand new workplace. But whilst a company may view an office relocation as a operational necessity, the issues for employees is far more personal.
From planning the office relocation and communicating the office move to staff, right through to asking their feedback after the office move can make employees feel they are at the heart of this important company decision. After all, an office relocation will have several implications for staff; including commuting time, local amenities and change in working environment.
If you handle your office move for your employees correctly, it can do wonders for their morale and the new office can improve staff efficiency and increase business performance. The HR Guide to Moving Office outlines 7 practical steps on how HR plays a key role in achieving a successful office move.
They are: -
- Planning and preparing your office move
- Change management
- How to communicate the office move to staff
- Identifying and promoting the positives
- How to involve your staff
- Addressing training needs
- Getting staff feedback after the office move
There are also legal issues involved in moving office and the free Moving Office HR & Employment Law Checklist ensures you adopt the best practice approach relating to your role as an employer.
