Tips for a Successful Office Move
Your company may have one any number of reasons for relocating its office. Sometimes, you simply outgrow your space. Other times, changes in circumstances make it necessary to find space that’s less expensive to maintain. No matter your reason for moving, here are some helpful tips for making your move a success:
Embrace the Opportunity
Regardless of what brings an office move about, it can be an opportunity for a fresh start. Maintaining that perspective is just one of several ways to make the transition a success. After all, this is the ideal time to evaluate what works in your current space and what improvements would enable your staff to be happy and productive. Think about whether the furniture enable employees to work effectively and comfortably, as well as how well your technology is serving your purposes.
Once you make that evaluation, go a step further and think about your company’s future growth possibilities in the next one, five, and 10 years. Making these assessments will help you figure out what company assets at your office’s current location should be moved to the new one and what should be discarded, sold, or donated. It will also help you begin developing a strategy for updating your new office with a better workspace floor-plan, modern furniture that’s ergonomically friendly, and technology that helps your business thrive and adjust with changing industry practices. You may not want to make drastic changes all at once, even with a move. But at least you’ll be in the mindset to do everything possible to help your company compete to the best of its ability.
Make Decisions About Your New Space
A move is the just the right time to make improvements to your company. You can do that just by evaluating what’s most important to your organization and deciding what kind of space you’d like to create in your new surroundings. These two factors will influence both your timetable and budget.
Contact a Reputable Commercial Property Agent and Designer
A qualified commercial property agent will help you navigate the market to find just the right space for your office’s new location. They’ll be a specialist with their finger on the pulse of the community and the market’s environment, while listening to you and answering all your questions.
The designer will work with you to make sure the space adheres to your vision for the company’s brand and other requirements.
You can find both with online searches and through recommendations.
Inspect Potential Spaces
When you look at possibilities for your business’ new office space, you need to make sure it’s right. That includes making sure it allows for short commute time for the typical employee, has adequate parking for both staff and visitors, is close to public transportation, provides for enough IT and mobile coverage, has wheelchair accessibility, has local amenities, and offers rent within your projected budget.
Assemble a Project Team
The next thing to do is tap employees whose different talents would complement each other to make the transition successful, from start to finish. This group can be made up of at least one person from every discipline of your organization: human resources, IT, marketing, administration, etc. From among them, select one to be the project leader so they can guide the mission through its completion.
Moving a business is a huge undertaking, but you don’t have to do it all on your own! In addition to relying on your own team, you can count on ours. Dave’s Detroit Movers is here to help you find a reputable office moving company at a price that’s within your budget. For a free quote, contact us now!