Professional Development

Data from BOMA’s Experience Exchange Report reflects results of the industry's focus on energy efficiency.

One facility management professional is seeking advice from others with desk sharing experience to find out what the challenges are.

Since Monk-e-Mail first launched in January of 2006, more than 50 million visitors have experienced what AdAge called the “third greatest human achievement, after only democracy and velcro.”

Using current codes demonstrates commitment to safety and savings; 32 states have updated to the 2012 I-Codes at the state or local level.

For one facility management professional with an abundance of hands on experience, the path to career advancement is somewhat unclear.

The new standard is considered one of the most significant developments in the real estate profession in recent history and will go beyond office measurement standardization to include other property types in the coming months.

Kevin Folsom makes energy management recommendations based on consumption, efficiency, and unit cost.

Gray Matters starts with the basics and then moves on to cover more complex issues like the Seven Deadly Workplace Sins: exhaustion, anger, surrender, obsolescence, incompetence, withdrawal, and dysfunction.

Facility managers should consider new strategies to merge siloed building systems to achieve operational excellence

Industry added 122,000 jobs during past 12 months, but public sector and certain nonresidential construction sectors remain weak.

One facility management professional attempts to zero in on the biggest problem faced by his peers.

The articles in this issue reflect the varied responsibilities fms juggle and the myriad of ways fms and their teams might approach these tasks. From the November 2013 issue.

Three-fourths of consumers believe a bad restroom indicates poor management. The survey highlights interesting disparities between men and women in their hand washing habits. Nearly three-fourths of women (74%) say they always wash their hands after using a public restroom compared to just 60% of men always do so.

Energy efficiency is one of the most important aspects of facilities management, but measuring results of these efforts is often a challenging task.

The pivotal point in a crisis is making the decision about how to deal with the event. Without recognizing the four traps of decision making, it is easy to make the wrong decision.

For those organizations throwing holiday parties this year, there's this advice to employees from Nathan Jamail, author of The Playbook Series.

The million dollar question: what are the biggest challenges for facilities administrators?

A December 2013 report from Pew Research indicates that Millennial women are getting closer to salary parity, however, broader discrimination issues may still be present in the workplace.

Facilities Management Guru Kevin Folsom introduces the concept of "servant leadership" to managers who are seeking ways to rate those in the profession.

A partnership between NSF and Sustainable Waste Solutions helps facilities divert waste from landfills, ensuring the waste is reused, recycled, or processed as waste to energy.