Serving Federal Real Property Custodian Departments
The Government of Canada is the largest owner of property in the country with a portfolio of diverse assets worth nearly $100 billion. From heritage buildings and office towers to laboratories and embassies, the management and maintenance of Canada’s real property portfolio is an essential enabler of government business. Ensuring these vital assets are managed through their life cycle in a sustainable and financially responsible manner is a core function of custodial departments and a key accountability of deputy heads.
However, leaders of custodial real property organizations operate in a complex, specialized, and dynamic environment that is not readily understood by internal stakeholders. This presents a unique set of challenges when it comes to organizational effectiveness. When federal real property organizations endure weak departmental governance, misaligned workforce capabilities, or a lack of capacity - the risks are high, the portfolio suffers, and value for money stewardship is undermined.
At Change Group, we provide expert advice and guidance to senior real property leaders and their teams as they build strategic capabilities, modernize management and move towards maturity as high performing corporate real estate organizations. Large project or small, we partner with you to translate complexity, communicate with clarity, and strengthen your agility in the face of constant change.
How far along are you?
Define
Your real property management framework sets the foundation for how your department fulfills its role as custodian and your operating model defines your unique approach to portfolio, business, and service management. Too often this critical link between strategy and structure is overlooked, leaving internal and external capabilities out of sync.
Work with us to clarify and optimize your operating model.
Design
With your operating model properly defined, the time is right for thoughtful organizational design. For federal real property organizations, this can be particularly challenging as the typical HR tools are often lacking. The volume, complexity and dynamic nature of the work is difficult to describe especially when coherence and consistency are the HR drivers.
We’ll align capabilities behind a smart organizational design.
Develop
Organizational development is an ongoing process of continuous improvement and real property leaders must constantly adapt to new and better ways. This is especially true when it comes to talent management. From attracting and retaining to leadership development and training, your workforce is the deciding factor in your success.
Work with us to strengthen your professional workforce.
Start with a Situational Analysis
If you’re not sure how far along you are on the journey towards becoming a high-performing real property organization, consider starting with a situation analysis.
We’ll undertake a short assessment covering your strategic goals and objectives; organizational and operating context; and current organizational design. On completion, you’ll receive a high-level summary of our recommended short and medium-term next steps.
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