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Diane Coles Levine

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Diane Coles Levine

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25 articles

Workplace Change Management: Communicating the Right Information at the Right Time

This article reviews the elements of a successful workplace change communications program and provides FM tips and tricks for managing a workplace […]

Workplace Change Management: An Overview

People have a natural resistance to change. Despite good business reasons for transforming the workplace, employees often feel vulnerable during the process. […]

Top 5 Missteps in a Workplace Transformation

Many organizations consider their move or workplace redesign as a distraction or a necessary evil, while a strategic facility manager sees it […]

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, […]

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 […]

Crafting Alliances: Enabling Better CEO Decisions on Real Estate and Workplace Strategy

This article provides tips on crafting an alliance to help CEOs make informed decisions and use the workplace for better business results. […]

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 […]

Driving Impactful Workplace Conversations

To effectively lead workplace change, FMs must work regularly with the C-suite, HR, IT, Finance, etc. and hold strategic and tactical conversations […]

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 […]

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. […]