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Winter Preparedness Checklist

Use this winter preparedness checklist to properly maintain your facility’s cooling and heating systems, extend the life of your HVAC equipment and […]

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 […]

Are Facility Professions using Dashboards?

A brief background on the use of dashboards as decision support system tools in facility planning and management, producing clear and concise […]

Hospitality FM & Engineers: Energy and Sustainability

Advice from the Hospitality Facility Managers & Engineers Community of Practice for balancing customer experience with sustainability practices, with a specific focus […]

Star Power: Branding Your FM Organization

In the facilities world, a successful branding initiative is about so much more than a slogan or saying, since those are marketing […]

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. […]

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 […]

General Checklist for Relocation Preparations

A brainstorm stimulator for the corporate relocation process, focusing on four main components: the company, the business, the people, and company materials. […]

Connecting the Dots Secrets for Developing Your First Strategic Facilities Plan

Define your objective and begin the planning process by following this guide of formal and informal approaches to completing your first Strategic […]

What's Your Facility's Value Proposition? Thinking and Planning Strategically

A starting point for an executive-level exchange, this piece outlines the process for defining a facility’s value proposition through strategic facility planning, […]