By Julie DeLong, A-1 Freeman Moving Group
Sooner or later in the life cycle of your company you are likely to move your workplace. A commercial relocation is often as anxious for you and also your staff as a household goods move, only more so for you since you are a major contributor to your crew's well-being, too. The following are six strategies to keep your crew encouraged and engaged during your office move to El Paso.Open Dialogue
Be as straightforward and clear as you possibly can with your workers. Make sure they know the reasons for the move--expansion, cheaper office space, or even the need to be closer to infrastructure such as rail terminals or airports--and furthermore, make the move public as quickly as possible. When your move is because of downsizing, reassure your remaining personnel that the move is component to a positive restructuring. Distribute a pre-move schedule along with important dates--any assignment deadlines, the times you'll be moving, the days that you will be packing and loading. The greater details you supply, the better your crew can deal with their duties through to the move date. In the event that something varies in your timetable, spread the word.
Call for Suggestions
When you have chosen to make a move, accumulate input from your team--a wish list, if you will--about the place and the type of work place they'd like. Whenever possible, incorporate your staff in the decision making--these are the individuals who got you where you are, so their views and tips ought to matter.
Address Drive Times, Transportation, and Parking
Each company is diverse, but there are a few constants across the board for instance--everyone must commute to the office. If you are in a small city, a move will not be such a big problem concerning stuff like parking garages, public transit, and traffic patterns because they generally aren't a challenge. If those are issues for your staff, you'll need to contemplate how they effect their potential to get to and from the office in a sensible time, and how and where they park should you be in an metropolitan location where parking is a premium. Plan everyone's new commute and time, and if you are able to, offer to assist with transit fare or parking costs. Be receptive to adjustable hours or work-from-home days for any personnel that have to deal with prolonged commutes.
Supply Information Regarding Child Care in El Paso
Investigate day care and after school care around the new location and offer to help pay for any application charges for associates who need to make a change in child care.
Identify Requirements, Yet Have Fun
It's easy to get ensnared in the nervousness and adrenaline rush--to the point which not much work gets done in the days preceeding the office move to El Paso. Particularly if your move is interstate, it is easy to neglect the tasks at hand if you find yourself house-hunting and marketing your old residence and researching school districts and uprooting families. There'll be frustration and chaos, hence grant your staff some flexibility--but be prepared to delicately get any wanderers back on the right track if they start to slip.
Human nature being how it is, there will be some low spirits and anxiousness within the days leading up to the move. Once more, if the move is interstate this is likely to be far more pronounced, so present incentives for keeping on target and positive. Arrange packing events or get-togethers for families on the weekends.
Put Together an Information Folder on El Paso
Even in this online era, an info packet is a wonderful thing to get. The depth of the folder is dependent upon the size of the move--if it's across town then you probably won't need to research schools and neighborhoods. For a transfer involving moving residences as well as the office, there are certainly the matters you will have to cover, including: local communities, school districts, child care, places of worship, hospitals/health care, nearby retailers (grocery store, local pharmacy, shopping), eateries, vets, gyms and after school programs.
Like any move, a commercial relocation to El Paso will likely be nerve-racking. By using these simple tips, you can easily ease a bit of that tension and make sure it is a favorable encounter leading to higher employee retention, so that you hit the ground running the initial working day at the new workspace.
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