Sunday, 18 December 2011
Internal Office Relocation Checklist
An Internal Office Relocation Checklist including staff communication, corporate considerations and team building tips.
There will be a number of "in-house" and corporate matters that need to be dealt with when organising an office relocation. These usually involve around communication and team building to make sure that you are looking after the very heart of your business - your staff.
This Internal Office Relocation Checklist covers all internal communication and organisation in the planning of an office move:
- Don't leave announcing your office move to staff too late, the last thing you want is for them to hear about the relocation via the press or even clients. Make them feel important and involved by informing them early on in the process.
- Send out an internal Newsletter to staff announcing key dates for your office move so that everyone knows what to expect and when.
- Appoint one person to be responsible for managing the office relocation. They should generally be a good organiser and manager of people and processes as they will be overseeing the entire process from start to finish.
- Involve key members of staff within each department in the planning and organising of your office relocation. Key members might include representatives from IT, HR, Marketing & Finance. Define roles and responsibilities so that your office move becomes a team effort.
- Decide internally how you are going to communicate the office move to clients. As well as a Change of Address Letter, you might want to get staff / teams involved in phoning around your top clients so they are fully aware of the changes.
- Ask staff for feedback about the current office layout; how it might be improved and enhanced. This feedback will be invaluable to your Office Design Company when you come to design your new office space plan.
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