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- Financial Management Asset Management – Boyd Zoccola February 10, 2020 | By: Boyd Zoccola Boyd Zoccola, executive vice-president of Hokanson Companies, Inc., discusses asset management within property management. Companies used to rely property managers solely for day-to-day building operations and tenant rel [...]
- Operations & Maintenance When Does a Preventative Maintenance Work Order Become Retro Commissioning? February 5, 2020 | By: Molly Looman A building engineer or property owner may look at an HVAC or lighting system a work order for and decide it's time for something new. Retro-commissioning is a cost-effective way to update building to new building standar [...]
- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Workforce Development Multigenerational Workforce – Bob Six February 3, 2020 | By: Bob Six Bob Six, chief operating officer for Zeller Realty Group, offers insight on managing a multigenerational workforce. Particularly when it comes to millennials. In his experience, employees in the millennial generation wan [...]
- Financial Management Know Before Your Go: First Budget Meeting January 29, 2020 | By: Molly Looman Working with a budget is one thing. However, creating a budget is another. Maintenance and operations account for a large part of a property’s budget. If you are given an opportunity to be a part of a budget meeting, i [...]
- Leadership, Soft Skills/Interpersonal, Tenant Experience How To Create Your Building’s Personality – Adele Bayless January 27, 2020 | By: Adele Bayless Adele Bayless, general manager for JLL, offers insight how to create your building's personality. She suggests that building managers recognize what is important to them and to get in touch with their own personality tra [...]
- Professional Development The Key to Continual Learning: BOMA Membership January 22, 2020 | By: Molly Looman Many adults don’t picture sitting in class after they have a degree, but those who are successful embrace lifelong learning. Continual education is a pillar of BOMA’s values and mission as an organization. The CRE in [...]
- Environmental Sustainability, Professional Development Are You a LEED-er? What LEED Credentialing Means for O+M January 7, 2020 | By: Molly Looman Green jobs and environmentally conscious management practices are ever-growing in the commercial real estate and facilities management industry. LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) credentialin [...]
- Financial Management, Operations & Maintenance The Importance of Benchmarking – Nicholas Stolatis January 6, 2020 | By: Nicholas Stolatis You can't fix what you can't measure. Nicholas Stolatis, chairman of the Board of Trustees for BOMI International, talks about the internal and external effects of this seemingly routine task. Benchmarking is n [...]
- Operations & Maintenance, Roofing Know Before You Call: Roof Inspections December 18, 2019 | By: Molly Looman In between calling in the professionals, routine roof inspections are an important item on the preventative maintenance to-do list. If a roof problem can be fixed before it gets worse, that can save money and time in the [...]
- Professional Development The Value of BOMA Membership – Karrie McCampbell December 16, 2019 | By: Karrie McCampbell The value of BOMA membership can take many forms throughout a person's career. Karrie McCampbell, a BOMA Fellow and senior vice president at Transwestern, found that BOMA helped her become the leader she is today. McCa [...]
- Leadership, Wellbeing Mindfulness as a Leadership Competency December 11, 2019 | By: Molly Looman The on-call phone rings. The emails for your property manager are beginning to pile up. A tenant’s electrical is on the fritz. This is the schedule for the day. When you hear someone tell you to work mindfulness and se [...]
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Become a 365 member today. CRE Insight 365, Leadership, Soft Skills/Interpersonal What Does a Newly Promoted Leader Need to Know – Bill Moebius December 9, 2019 | By: Bill Moebius Bill Moebius, senior vice-president/regional director of Peloton Commercial Real Estate, talks about what a newly promoted leader should
To access this post, you must purchase CRE Insight 365. [...] - Professional Development The Systems Maintenance Administrator – Is it Time for Me? December 4, 2019 | By: Molly Looman Taking the next step in a career can feel like a leap. Is the time and money is worth what you will get out of a promotion and do you even qualify? For technicians and building engineers, the next step may be the Systems [...]
- Soft Skills/Interpersonal, Tenant Experience Creating a Better Tenant Experience – Phil Mobley December 2, 2019 | By: Phil Mobley In this video, Building Engines' Head of Tenant Experience Phil Mobley challenges leaders to consider what creating a better tenant experience truly means. Mobley frames it in terms of concentric circles, expanding from [...]
- Soft Skills/Interpersonal Communications: Building Engineers to Property Managers November 20, 2019 | By: Molly Looman In order to troubleshoot efficiently, one must know how to communicate priorities to all involved. In emergency situations, property managers and building engineers can find themselves speaking different languages.
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- Soft Skills/Interpersonal Dress the Part: Building Engineer November 13, 2019 | By: Molly Looman From the office to the property, building engineers must fit into a lot of environments. When you can be fixing a broken chiller one minute and in a meeting about building plans the other, it can be hard to find the righ [...]
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Become a 365 member today. CRE Insight 365, Soft Skills/Interpersonal The Human Element of Property Management – Greg Grainger November 11, 2019 | By: Greg Grainger Greg Grainger, president of Younger Partners Property Services, LLC, talks about an essential personality element all property managers need:
To access this post, you must purchase CRE Insight 365. [...] - Soft Skills/Interpersonal How to Find (and Keep) a Mentor November 6, 2019 | By: Molly Looman Most professionals will tell you the first thing you should do when you enter a business is to find a mentor. Mentorship can be a valuable resource in any career. Building engineers can use it to learn new technologies, [...]
- Advocacy State and Local Issues Facing CRE – Ken Rosenfeld November 4, 2019 | By: Ken Rosenfeld Ken Rosenfeld, director of state and local affairs at BOMA International, talks about identifying types policies that affect commercial real estate. Legislators can turn to commercial real estate and taxes to fill budget [...]
- Industrial Real Estate, Medical Office, Professional Development Put That in Your Trophy Case! Recognizing Exceptional Work October 30, 2019 | By: Molly Looman When Oscar winners accept their awards on stage, they always say that they were never in it for the award; They say they were in it for the work. While this may be an honest statement, isn’t it nice to win an award? [...]