O+M for Medical Office Medical Office Buildings provide their own unique challenges for the operations and maintenance professional, but at their roots, they are just like many other commercial buildings. The focus for the operation of medic [...]
Awareness and Problem-Solving Skills for O+M Professionals In any business, it is wise to have a system of evaluation established to fully understand your business enterprise—a system that can readily identify any inefficiencies or problems. It is by thorough review that ident [...]
The Leap: Operations and Maintenance Career Growth In every career, no matter the industry, people are always looking to advance within their career field. It can be easy to get caught up with the next better career for a larger paycheck or a higher title, but career gro [...]
The Business of Tenant Satisfaction Just like retaining employees, it is generally more cost effective for a property to retain tenants than it is to acquire new ones. The reasons for this are myriad. There are leasing fees, legal fees, space planning fees [...]
Leaders vs. Managers When I started this article, I will admit that I had some biased opinions about the difference between leaders and managers. Over the years, I have been involved with two exceptional leadership programs—most recently t [...]
Leadership Skills: Bring Your Boss Solutions to Implement, not Problems to Solve When problems arise in your company, it can be tempting for employees to hand problems off to their boss. Though it would be the easy way to do things, this approach leads to inefficiency and the waste of many people [...]
Preventative Maintenance Plan Basics It can be easy to be reactive when it comes to maintenance. As the old saying goes, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” But waiting for the failure of a system for maintenance can lead to downtime, unexpected co [...]
From Leading Edge to Bleeding Edge Technology Across the world in virtually every industry sector, advancements in technology are pushing the boundaries of innovation. Common operational practices are becoming more and more streamlined as big data continues to colle [...]
Irreplaceable: Exploring Anticipatory Intelligence and Human-Machine Work It is all the buzz. The machines are taking over! While we haven’t quite reached Terminator or Matrix-level panic, we are already seeing the increased frequency of anticipatory intelligence, business intelligence and h [...]
In the Door: New Website Highlights Real Estate Careers Take a look around
According to the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) Foresight Works research initiative, millennials will join organizations in larger numbers as three trends unfold: their shar [...]
Changes to ENERGY STAR Set for August 26, 2018 ENERGY STAR is updating its performance metrics in Portfolio Manager on August 26, 2018 for all property types. The update is being made to utilize the program’s most recent Commercial Building Energy Consumption Surve [...]
Is Solar for My Building? Interest in solar is growing. In 2016 in the United States, 39 percent of all new electricity generation capacity in the country came from solar. This was more than any other source and ahead of natural gas.4 And it’s [...]