Strategic Flashcards
What have you learnt about strategic real estate consultancy from your training in this area?
The Importance of Understanding Business Objectives
Tailoring Solutions to Client Needs
Long-Term Thinking and Future-Proofing Assets
How have you gained an understanding of your client’s organisation and its strategy?
talking to the client and staff, visiting sites, background research.
Provide an example of an on-going instruction which you have been involved with relating to the provision of strategic advice. What was your role in the project?
Dexters- advice over whole portfolio for a few years. advising on mcc, tone.
How did you convince your client that your advice offered the ‘best’ solution to meet their needs?- Industrial
through scoring matrix- showed them what i came to and explaining the process
How do you measure organisational/real estate/financial performance for a client?
measure through data collection, excel, looking at balance sheets. do own research around performance.
How have you analysed financial information to provide strategic advice?
Rental and Occupancy Costs- employees
Capital Expenditure (CapEx)- Fit-out and refurbishment costs.
How has real estate been used to facilitate organisational change?
Corporate Restructuring and Cost Efficiency
Workplace Transformation and Flexibility
what have you learn from attending your economic outlook CPD?
interest rates- mortgages- stable for the time being at 5% whereas inflation jumped now below interest rate.
role of new government- what they could implement.
labour market- brexit harder to come to uk, vacancies high, wage growth increasing
