Facilities managers can overcome reactive building operations by moving toward centralized, integrated platforms that enable real-time monitoring and coordination.
The key to unlocking significant energy savings and performance gains is for facilities managers to prioritize operational excellence before turning to costly capital upgrades.
The most successful facilities executives know their roles and position themselves to succeed both within their teams and when working with the C-Suite.
The late Kobe Bryant is remembered not only as one of the greatest basketball players in NBA history, but he was also known as one of the sport’s hardest workers.
“He wasn’t just a scorer. He studied film. He coached his teammates. And he knew when to pass,” says Facility Influencer Charles Thomas in his latest FM Insights video.
The most successful facilities executives, like Bryant, know their roles and position themselves to succeed both within their teams and when working with the C-Suite. In this video, Thomas gives advice on how executives can achieve a greater understanding about how their roles must evolve.
Facility Influencer Charles Thomas is a facility operations consultant at LACE Management. His FM Insights series runs regularly in interactive issues of BOM and FMD as well as on FacilitiesNet.