Lead mobilisation by treating the first month as four jobs: understand exactly what you have bought, protect people and compliance, stabilise service delivery, and prove it to the client. Sequence the work, name owners, and review honestly at day thirty.
Contract Mobilisation: Leading the First Month is a practical guide for FM, estates and operations leaders taking on a new contract or site. It sets out how to organise the first thirty days so that the service is safe, stable and visible to the client.
The guide covers sequencing the first week, protecting and engaging transferring people, establishing a compliance baseline, setting up systems and suppliers, building client governance, and running an honest day-thirty review.
What the guide covers
- Why mobilisation needs a named leader, not just a plan
- Reading the contract and spotting gaps early
- A day-by-day sequence for week one
- Looking after transferring people
- Compliance baselines and asset registers
- Systems, suppliers and client governance
Related guides
Free Maxwell Stephens guides on the same subject:
- The First 90 Days: Onboarding a New FM Leader
- In-House or Outsourced FM: Who Should Lead?
- Safety and Compliance Leadership in FM: Who Owns the Duty
Who this resource is for
FM, estates and operations leaders, with HR and finance directors who support them, who are mobilising a new contract or site.
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