Professional Development Columnist
Professional Development: Protecting Historic Structures
What can be done to prevent or mitigate the destruction of culturally significant facilities from fire events?
Professional Development: Strategizing Outsourcing
Implementing third-party services is more successful when applied with change management principles.
Professional Development: Finding Future Facility Managers
With a talent shortage on the horizon, the IFMA Foundation has introduced the Global Workplace Workforce Initiative.
Professional Development: Equipment Financing
Finding the right strategy benefits more than the budget. A highly competitive marketplace makes this a favorable time for facility managers to finance productive equipment.
Professional Development: Cooperative Purchasing
Facility managers at eligible organizations can leverage the power of this procurement method.
Professional Development: Follow The Leader
Embracing five central qualities will help facility managers motivate their employees.
Professional Development: Effective Tech Infrastructure
Avoid these mistakes when creating and updating network corporate standards.
Professional Development: What The People Want
With the demand for wireless connectivity in large facilities, DAS technology is an option. From the October 2013 issue.
Professional Development: Open Dialogue
By tackling inefficiencies in construction communication practices, facility managers improve project outcomes. From the September 2013 issue.
Professional Development: Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)
As facilities staff increasingly use mobile tools to work, policies should follow suit. From the August 2013 issue.
Professional Development: Not Your Father’s Metal Building
Advancements in construction and performance have expanded the reach of this material. From the July 2013 issue.
Professional Development: Equipment Leasing
Finding the best financing option begins with asking the right questions. From the June 2013 issue.
Professional Development: The Energy Future
Here are 10 concepts to watch now and in the coming years. From the May 2013 issue.
Professional Development: Where The Rubber Meets The Road
Technology is only as good as what it can deliver. From the April 2013 issue.
Professional Development: Construction Disruption
As they pass the emergent stage, BIM and cloud computing will continue to impact project delivery. From the March 2013 issue of Today's Facility Manager.
Professional Development: Avoid Construction Rework
Facility managers can minimize delays and unexpected costs by being proactive.
Professional Development: A Step Above The Rest
Facility professionals with strong leadership skills are increasingly in demand at healthcare and higher education institutions.
Professional Development: Changing Face Of Facility Management
As the profession evolves, more higher education institutions offer formalized instruction.
Professional Development: Reactive, Preventive, Or Predictive
When maintenance “strategies” are unplanned, organizations can experience premature equipment failure, reduction in occupant satisfaction, and higher prices for repairs and equipment replacements.
Professional Development: Navigating Job Order Contracting
A tried and true procurement method gets a fresh look. This procurement method enables facility managers to complete numerous projects with one contract.