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Defining Facilities Management

Here I am in Edinburgh, facilitating the Professional Facilities Manager Module 2, and once again the topic has come up about how to promote FM as a profession, and as a career. My delegates this week come from so many different organisations, and not one of their roles is the…

Sub-prime leadership to blame for economic crisis

“The root cause of the economic crisis wasn`t subprime mortgages; it was subprime leadership.” I want to share with you this review, from Reuters, of Bill George’s book ‘7 Lessons for Leading in Crisis’ Harvard Business School Professor and Former CEO of Medtronic Bill George Offers leaders a Path Through…

Architects, Engineers, Constructors

This week I attended my first AEC Network meeting – Architects, Engineers, Constructors – at The Building Centre in London. I went along because I wanted to see ‘the other side’ of the built environment. What do I mean by that? Well, many of you working in FM tell me…

How to overcome fears of presenting in public

Gerald R. Ford said “If I went back to college again, I’d concentrate on two areas: learning to write and learning to speak before an audience. Nothing in life is more important than the ability to communicate effectively.” Public speaking is the number one skill that’s guaranteed to position you…

Be More Persuasive

I heard on the news that Oprah Winfrey’s school for girls in South Africa has an oratorium. Why? It’s because she feels that leaders and influencers need to have good speaking skills. Whether you’re speaking to 1 or 100, I couldn’t agree more. Public speaking is one of the quickest…

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