High Associates Blog The top five reasons to involve HR in location ...

Published by High Associates. on April 9th, 2012

When you think of Human Resources (HR), you may think of recruiting, training, and guiding employees, or perhaps benefits, compensation plan development and administration. However, in today?s business environment, HR is responsible for, and influences, a much wider scope of strategic activity.

Commercial real estate decisions are of long-term, strategic importance. Collaborating with HR leaders is critical in helping to make the key decisions regarding your business location and facility selections because of their influence on being able to hire the correct talent.

Success in recruiting and retaining employees is, in part, determined by the location of the business and the characteristics of the facility itself. Each play a key role in sustaining a competitive advantage. By including the HR leaders in the location and facility decision-making process, a company can better position itself for long -erm profitability and growth.

A company's facility can serve as a strong reflection of a myriad of factors associated with a business including culture, quality, values, history, longevity, and success. Curb appeal and exterior grounds maintenance, as well as the interior look and feel of a facility, combine to provide the brand impression. Collaborating with the HR team in making the critically important location- and facility-related decisions enhances a company's ability to meet the needs of each department as well as the organization as a whole.

The top five reasons to involve HR in location and facility decisions:

1. These are strategic-level decisions that affect the company's ability to recruit and retain talent;
2. These decisions affect all managers and each employee throughout an organization;
3. HR can apply its knowledge of the marketplace and help choose a location and a facility that provides competitive advantage vs. others recruiting for the same, finite talent pool;
4. Employee training and self development needs are addressed proactively to assure the facility is configured to provide these vital HR-related services or is located in a community or corporate center where multiple options for continuing education are readily available;
5. HR experts have a irreplaceable lens, unique to their discipline, through which to assess an organization's facility needs.

By including the valuable input and expertise of the HR team in the business location and facility selection processes, companies better position themselves to make strategically driven commercial real estate decisions that support their long-term objectives.

Darryl Gordon, Senior V.P. Human Resources, High Company LLC

Tags: commercial real estate, CRE, Darryl Gordon, due diligence, High Real Estate Group, HR and business location, Lancaster, location, Pennsylvania, sustainability

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