This episode of The Learning FM Podcast is all about Business Finance.  While I know more than a few FMs that have a very limited knowledge of this subject, mastering it will give you the most success. What you will learn in LFM 038: Intro to Business Finance Fundamentals of Business Finance Introduction to Basic […]

This episode of The Learning FM Podcast is all about managing the unmanageable.  We all have dealt with employees that seem to be problem children and it’s easy to spend the majority of your time dealing with those few bad apples.  Here’s how I deal with managing the unmanageable. What you will learn in LFM […]

This episode of The Learning FM Podcast is all about decision-making.  I’m going to talk through Occam’s Razor and why I think it makes a lot of sense to apply in the context of managing facilities. As a facility manager, knowing what to do and when is vitally important.  This is a huge job and […]

This episode of The Learning FM Podcast is all about answering your questions!  From clarifying past comments to tackling new topics, this episode covers what you asked for.  Send me more of your Facility Management questions and I’ll feature them on future episodes. As a facility manager, knowing what to do and when is vitally […]

This episode of The Learning FM Podcast is all about Succeeding in Facility Management.  From what to do to how to communicate it, these things will absolutely help you in your journey. As a facility manager, knowing what to do and when is vitally important.  This is a huge job and you can’t do it […]

This episode of The Learning FM Podcast is Part 5 of a series teaching the Steps in Project Management, “Planning Risk and Contracting”!  This episode explains how to plan for risk mitigation and goes in-depth with contracting terms in order to make a little more sense out of things. As a facility manager, having the […]

In this episode, we discuss the Battle of Trafalgar and how Lord Nelson’s leadership can be translated into some very real lessons for us as leaders in the FM community.  The most important thing for you to realize is how to ensure your intent is conveyed to your department and how that translates into success […]

In this episode I cover our two-week annual maintenance shutdown and all of the projects I’ve been doing.  My crazy two weeks started months ago with forecasting, budgeting, and getting approvals for various projects.  I’ll tie all of this together with how this relates to the knowledge domains and why. As a facility manager, your […]

This episode of The Learning FM Podcast goes in depth into The Life of a Facility Manager.  I thought it would be fun to talk about the day-to-day tasks and long-term planning that I do now as well as what I have in the past and how they play into the four knowledge domains. As […]