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Diversity Management: A Diverse Leadership Yields Higher Earnings

Diversity is not an end in itself but a means to something greater — to improve competitiveness and the bottom line. In […]

Eight Tactics for a High-Performance Enterprise

Valuing employees and “doing the right thing” lead to exceptional performance. When business leaders don’t set high expectations for their employees, they […]

How to Handle Electronic Waste at Your Facility

Electronic waste, or e-waste, is unwanted or outdated electronic devices, typically anything with a power cord. There are three main methods when […]

Merged, Acquired, Consolidated: An FM Survival Guide

Create relationships and manage change by developing an understanding of the behavioral concerns and management processes related to leading consolidations, cross-organizational and/or […]

Lean Back and Relax: A New Approach to Managing Solid Waste

The University of Pennsylvania has taken an active role in waste minimization since 2007 with impressive initiatives such as composting in select […]

Getting Started in Sustainable Facility Management

The basics of sustainable facility management, including an outline of essential strategies and tools. Getting Started in Sustainable Facility Management Christopher P […]

Using BIM to Transform Health Care Operations and Maintenance

This white paper presents health care facility managers with the potential benefits building information modeling (BIM) can provide in improving operation and […]

Service Management 2.0: The Next Generation of Service

Leadership and culture play a greater role in effective service organizations today than ever before. Value-based leadership is an effective way to […]

Introduction to the World of Grants for FMs in the Public Sector

Grants can help fill holes in your operating budget, but they come with lots of “strings” that can sometimes make the whole […]

"If It's Broken, Fix It!" – How to Fill the Gap

As Facility Managers, we receive a limited amount of standard information at the completion of a job when a new building is […]