Dave Kentish’s response to the question below originally appeared in FMJ. What are the advantages to giving up permanent employment in order to go freelance or to take a fixed-term contract? Is the FM market stable enough to go freelance and are there sufficient opportunities for this in the FM…
“Victoria O’Farrell, Simi Sandhi-Whitaker, Bianca Angelico, Liz Kentish and Cheryl-Anne Sanderson are just a few of the fun, passionate and beautifully spirited women working in facilities management.” Kentish and Co’s very own MD Liz Kentish and associate Victoria O’Farrell are featured in the fantastic Women in Trade & Business Magazine’s…
David Kentish explains why the former can result in the latter, and help you to reach your career and life goals. Everyone has certain goals they want to achieve, whether they be financial, business, career, family, health, personal development. The list goes on…. Whatever the goal, achieving it may sometimes…
David Kentish, Kentish and Co’s director and co-founder, has joined the committee of the British Institute of Facilities Management’s People Management Special Interest Group (http://www.bifm.org.uk/bifm/groups/sigs/peopma) The group was formed in 2009 to represent the interests of anyone involved in managing people in the facilities management sector. The group’s mission is…
FM might still be a male-dominated profession, but it’s a mistake to think that male FMs don’t understand what it’s like to be in the minority. At the recent Women in FM Question Time event #askwifm, each of the panellists, had to say something about themselves that very few people…
At my school everyone in my year at the moment has to do a week of work experience. I chose to do my work experience at Kentish and Co, they are a training and development company. The company is run by my aunt and uncle. On the Monday we travelled…
I am really beginning to trust in the power of networking. I moved from the UK to Germany in January 2013, leaving a very comfortable long term job position in the process. I was mindful that I must keep in contact with my established network, as these relationships had been…
I feel like I’ve been in the news recently – or at least been a little part of history. I was involved in the independent survey of MP’s pay, pension and reward. I led the policy team in selecting the contractor to deliver the review, going through the tenders and…
Do you have a member of your team who is underperforming? Is this affecting the balance and the effectiveness of the team? It’s a difficult situation that has to be addressed and one that needs to be handled carefully for a variety of reasons. If you want to support the…
The Vltava river, Karluv bridge, Staromestske sq, Malostranske sq, Astronomical clock and Prazsky castle, all reasons enough to visit the Czech capital, Prague. But when I discovered the annual European Facilities Management Conference (EFMC) was being held in the city this year, I thought of a better reason to make…
