Executive Insights

Eat well, exercise, and keep your resume tuned up. If you want to stay healthy in your career you will need to maintain your performance and career momentum as a facilities manager. Whether you’re looking for a tune up or a full upgrade to a new position, these work advice tips will help you find […]

Facilities management is often an invisible field. You provide the infrastructure that allows an organization to run smoothly. When your job is running smoothly, it’s hard to see that you’re doing it, and it’s only when mistakes happen that employees notice that there’s a problem. However, facilities management issues need to be on the agenda

In the world of business, email is the default form of communication most of the time. In 2013 there were an estimated 929 million business email accounts, and despite the growth of instant messaging, this figure is expected to grow at 5% per year, to produce a projected 1.1 billion business email accounts by the

Can you hear the sad refrain coming from the offices around you? Yes, it’s Monday, and those are the Monday blues. While your employees may yearn for an extra day of the weekend, these tips will make the start of the work week easier for everyone.

To be an effective manager of people, you need to be able to communicate your goals, expectations, and criticisms in a manner that is equally authoritative and personal, without coming across as threatening or  demeaning. A facilities manager who understands their people and has confidence in their processes will be able to assess the ability

As the facilities manager, you work hard every single day to make sure things run smoothly at your office. Whether you’ve been doing this for years or you’ve just graduated school, a career in FM is both rewarding and a secure choice as the profession’s demand continues to increase. Here’s a checklist to make sure

The home office worker is an employee group on the rise. In fact, it was recently reported that ”one in five Americans work from home.” And this number is on the rise. Current technology has made this business model more of a reality than previously seen, with more employers realizing the many benefits that accompany

Do you find that you just aren’t getting as much done as you would have hoped, despite putting in what seems like longer and longer hours at the office? Many facilities managers are finding themselves in this particular scenario, especially as workloads keep increasing, and the dynamic of the workplace continues to evolve. Sometimes all

To be a successful facilities manager, one can’t simply stumble into the profession. It takes a dedicated, disciplined person to pull this job off. Many individuals in FM have similar qualities that have led them to their chosen career. We’ve rounded up 15 Signs You Were Born For Facilities Management. How many of these describe you?