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Diane Coles Levine

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Diane Coles Levine

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25 articles

5 ways to improve the employee experience when using meeting room technology: Avoiding hitches, glitches and fumbles

Whether meeting room technology resides in the FM or IT department, it doesn’t matter to your employees – they just want the […]

10 Tips on Managing Rumors and Resistance to Workplace Change

When embarking on a workplace transformation project or move, gossip about the project is inevitable. Workplace rumors are systematic and can spread […]

5 Ways Remote Working is Impacting Business Resilience

More companies are implementing telecommuting programs as a business resiliency strategy. During a disruption such as a power outage or flood, telecommuting […]

Tips on Enhancing Employee Productivity in the Workplace: What FMs Can Do to Contribute to Employee Productivity

Paying attention to employee satisfaction and comfort shows your employees that you care. Happy employees lead to better business results. Using Dr. […]

Stories of Urban Transformation: The Rise of 18-Hour Work/Live Communities

As part of the “Sodexo 2016 Workplace Trends Report,” this piece focuses on stories that demonstrate early signs of the type of […]

Enabling Competitive Advantage Through Workplace Design

This article demonstrates how one company, an urban clothing manufacturer, leveraged the workplace for marketing, employee attraction and retention. Their new campus […]

CEOs and CFOs Describe the Impact of Workplace Strategy on Business Results

More and more CEOs are realizing the impact of workplace strategy on business success, and this trend is expected to continue. The […]

Common Executive Missteps in Real Estate and Workplace Strategy

This article focuses on some of the root causes of executive-level mistakes in real estate and workplace strategy, discussing the link between […]

Employee Control in the Workplace: The Power of Choice

Changing the workplace without giving employees some form of control in the design can adversely impact employee health, safety and welfare. Accordingly, […]

Workplace Resilience When a Disaster Strikes: Strategic Questions to Keep the Workplace Productive

Workplace strategy plays a vital role in business resilience as people, place and technology are critical to resuming operations after a disaster. […]