Sabbaticals have risen in popularity recent years, fuelled in part by tech companies searching for new perks to attract and retain staff. We were curious – how many companies actually offer Sabbaticals? So, we recently asked our LinkedIn and Twitter followers “Does your organisation formally offer the chance for people to…
Realising that you may benefit from working with a professional Coach can be a pivotal moment in your career. It takes a certain self-awareness and introspection to recognise that you can enhance your performance and fulfil your real potential with some independent support. So, what should you consider when looking…
Facilitate Magazine interviewed several Specialists including Liz about the state of recruitment and what the IWFM’s ‘2019 Market Outlook’ report says about training in the sector – overall, it’s positive! Some highlights from her interview The FM sector is in quite good shape as the wider economic conditions remain strong…
The IWFM People Management Special Interest Group organized this excellent event, hosted by Arcadis at Kings Cross. It was great to hear various perspectives on why Facilities Management is such a dynamic space, from six inspiring Speakers. The concepts of ‘the diversity of opportunities and chances to explore, underpinned by lifelong…
There’s been lots of talk recently, particularly on LinkedIn, about judging people, performance management (getting rid of someone) and not giving them a second chance. I have a story to share, it had such an impact I’m certain it helped shape who I am today. In the 1970s my…
With all the training on leadership, communication, collaboration etc. etc. that we do on a daily basis when helping to develop individuals and teams in organisations, I often take for granted the power that the techniques we teach have. At the weekend we went to the O2 for a music…
David Kentish, director at the people change experts, Kentish and Co, gives us their four rules of how to let go and delegate. Rule 1. Don’t be a control freak: No-one can do this the way I do it or want it to be done This was my mantra when we first…
I was 16 when I first got a Saturday job in Boots. My schoolfriend Simone and I joined at the same time. She worked in cosmetics, I was in the record department. I became very popular with all my mates who’d come in on a Saturday to browse the albums.…
School holds mixed memories for me – 95% of the time I loved it, but it wasn’t all good. Some of you have heard me speak about my own journey, slaying dragons along the way, so you’ll know what I’m talking about. Anyway, a couple of years ago I was…
Many facilities managers work their way up from a frontline job, while others arrive as fully fledged graduates. FMJ talks to senior FM figures, HR and people-change experts to find out what makes a great manager and leader Traditionally many people in the FM sector have ‘fallen into’ the industry…
