Business Services Expansion: Going Global
In an effort to focus on core business functions, the production division of a large company decided to transfer all non-core business functions including the management of 35 office buildings across Africa, Asia Pacific and Latin America. The company's real estate division was given the challenge to add these locations to their current real estate portfolio, which required an effective strategy to take their real estate operations global.

Solution: Expressworks International developed a comprehensive plan to manage the global expansion giving special attention to stakeholder engagement and understanding the cultural requirements within the new locations. This engagement effort was critical as we partnered with the client to develop the organization, service model and operations of their global organization.

Results: Successful transfer of 21 locations to the real estate division in the first year, with the remaining 23 locations transferred the following year according to the implementation plan. As success of the project spread throughout the company, more divisions approached the real estate group to leverage the full scope of their service lines.