Service First - Move Handbook: Basic Rules

· Basic Rules
· Office Cleanup
· Hazards and Impacts
· Preparing for the Move
· Move Schedule
· Staging
· During the Move
· After the Move

There is no such thing as an easy move.

No matter how organized you are, no matter how many people you have helping you, no matter how much experience you have with the process...something will go wrong. The more complex the move, the greater the opportunity for things to go wrong.

A successful move looks easy.

There are thousands of details for any move coordinator. Employees would love to be able to leave their office on Friday in the old location, and come to work on Monday at the new location. One of the move coordinator's goals is to make that happen.

Maximize communications.

You have a key group of people working with you to make the move happen. Inform the key group about anything that affects them...every step of the way. If you don't do that, you will be doing this job by yourself.

Remember...moves are stressful...for everybody.

Employees will complain. We are interrupting their valuable work to move them and we are taking them outside their comfort zone. Get used to the complaints. They aren't going away until after the move.

Humor Helps

Keeping your sense of ridiculous during an office move may be the only way to keep your sanity.

Visualize each process to determine if it makes sense.

If you have any idea about how you are going to stage a move, walk through it in your mind, share it with somebody who will give you honest feedback, make sure you are comfortable with it.

Feel good about it.

If you think you might be missing something important, you are probably right.

It will end.

Always keep in mind that the move will be over and things will get back to normal before you know it.