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Redefining the Executive View of Facility Management (FM) - Chinese Translation

The executive view of facility management continues to evolve as the industry itself shifts and adapts to new influences, technologies and challenges. These […]

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. […]

How 'New Ways of Working' Affect Our Use of Facilities

How we work has changed dramatically over the last 50 years. This has impacted our use of facilities, as they support how […]

A Deliberated Talent Management Approach Toward Developing Future FM Leaders

Trend reports project up to 50 percent of the experienced FM workforce will leave the workplace within 10-15 years. Accordingly, this white […]

Managing and Mitigating Risk Within Strategic Facility Management

The subject of this white paper is risk management and mitigation through strategic facility management, and it is based on fieldwork performed […]

Insulation Energy Savings: Key Issues and Performance Factors

An overview of the impact of energy performance in commercial construction; a discussion of the key issues in building-envelope design and construction; […]

Service Management 3.0: The Next Generation of Service

If all companies effectively compete on service, the key differentiator then lies in the service management model and the ability to execute […]

Employee Engagement: The Crucial Role of the Supervisor

Engaged employees are more productive, more customer-focused and more loyal — and companies with high levels of employee engagement are more profitable, […]

Defining Service Excellence in FM

This white paper concludes two main themes emerging in driving service excellence in FM. Firstly, that excellence is underpinned by consistency, and […]

Change Management is Out: Personal Leadership is In!

A review of traditional approaches to change management and a proposal for a new, personal leadership that champions a whole person approach […]