Facility Management

The soft skills every FM needs

For facility managers, most have taken non-traditional career paths. Perhaps it’s the road a little less travelled, or perhaps the profession attracts a certain kind of person. One thing is for sure: you can’t just get by on technical knowledge.

Facility management is a demanding profession and you need a diverse range of tools in your belt ready to whip out at any given point. In today’s hybrid workforce, thefunctional through to re-evaluating the use of real estate, FMs are the silent forefront of the ‘new normal’, and it takes a special set of skills to be this person.

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