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Keep your foot out of your mouth – What not to say to your boss!

Spending the majority of your waking life in the workplace means that there is a very good chance that at some point you will say something you shouldn’t to the wrong person. We all know how it feels to put our foot in our mouth, however there is a whole level of embarrassment and risk […]

Work sweet work: the double-edged sword of increased connectivity

Technological advancements have obviously had a huge impact on how we live our lives, and this is particularly true of our work lives. In generations past, there were clear boundaries between home and work life, however this is no longer the case. The enhanced connectivity that technology provides means that these boundaries between home and […]

Don’t Climb the Career Ladder, Get on the Career Jungle Gym!

In the recruitment sector, we are reminded every day just how unpredictable life can be and the huge impact this can have on an individual’s career trajectory and their plans for the future. This is particularly true in the world of Facilities Management, and if there’s one thing that a FM needs to be it’s […]

Striking the Right Tone in your Written Communication

It is well documented that a major proportion of communication is nonverbal, with a lot off “between-the-lines” communication happening through things like body language and tone of voice. This one of the reasons why written communication can be challenging, and often misconstrued or misunderstood. Written communication is much more open to interpretation, and without the […]

Small Things Make a Big Difference – Easy ways to improve the working environment

Small things make a big difference:Easy ways to improve the working environment You’re sat in a spine warping office chair from the 60’s, staring at the blank wall in front of your desk trying not to succumb to the fluorescent lighting induced migraine that’s eager to unleash itself. This kind of working environment is not […]

The meaning of Brexit: FM Insights from Elliott Chase

Has FM factored into business strategy sufficient consideration of the Brexit process, or is there a bit of a shock still to come? One of the most interesting commercially (and challenging, politically and socially) aspects of the whole Brexit story right from the early days of the referendum campaigns has been the number of ‘unknowns’ […]

Changing Landscape – How an increase of graduates in FM may affect the profession.

Peter Forshaw, Managing Director at Maxwell Stephens, was recently approached by facilitate magazine to give his views on research which suggests that an increasing number of graduates and young professionals are choosing a career in Facilities Management, and to discuss how this could potentially affect the profession. Here is what Peter had to say…   […]

Breaking out of the comfort zone – Networking for Introverts

For the introverts of the world, networking events bring with them a whole heap of neurosis. Anxiety, fear, stress, shyness. These are just a few of the psychological barriers that many introverts have to overcome to push themselves out of their comfort zone and network successfully. For some, a networking event may feel like you’ve […]

Don’t suffer in silence! How to deal with workplace bullying.

You may think that bullying is something that is restricted to the school playground, however a large proportion have either been witness to, or victim of, workplace bullying at some point in their adult life. The workplace can be stressful at the best of times, but add workplace bullying into the mix and you have […]