Thursday, May 8, 2014

Corporate relocation is a matter of team work

The first point of difference between corporate moving and residential moving is that corporate moving involves more work and more people. As more people get affected by the move, more people will need to pitch in during the actual relocation process.

How/Why/What
Well, the first thing you have to remember, is that just because it is the office’s responsibility to monitor or perhaps even execute the move, it doesn’t mean that the workload will not be reduced by a substantial degree, when everybody works as a team.

The most obvious contribution that every employee can make is that of packing their own belongings, in boxes or plastic bins. Although it would help if, the administration of the office looks to the provision of the same.

Secondly, in addition to the aspect that concerns moving the office belongings, there is also the issue of making sure that work does not suffer. To make sure that work operations resume smoothly and harmoniously, the key contributors are, cooperation and coordination. Make sure that the workforce has each other’s back, and that the least amount of time is wasted during the moving process; as this will directly affect the number of collective hours put in by the staff.

External help
The level of teamwork is not just judged by what is carried out among the human resources of the office, but also by the level of coordination between the office and the moving companies.

The first step is to seek help from corporate relocation companies that actually have a knack for saving time, effort and carry out the process with ease and with no chance of loss of property, in any way.

Secondly, as office administrator, you will have to make sure that the entire move is segregated into a series of well thought out and perfectly calculated steps, remember that well planning is very important.

Make sure to notify the staff in your office well in advance, and start the packing process as soon as possible. If there are any legalities and other formalities that need to be carried out like the ones concerning your IT department or any property related legal issues, bear in mind that those have to be addressed before anything else.

Overall, when planning to move, start all the proceedings at least 3 months in advance, and make sure that everybody does their part in order to make the moving process a smooth and stress free one.

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