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Facilities Professional Leadership Series
                     
Seminar 1 | Seminar 2 | Seminar 3 | Seminar 4 | Seminar 5 | Seminar 6



Each of the six seminars is moderated by international speaker, trainer, consultant Stormy Friday.


Seminar 1: The Business of the Bottom Line:
August 23, 2010
Presented by Jeffrey D. Adams
With every penny being scrutinized, facilities managers need to make sure they understand every financial document given to them. Learn to develop fluency in the language of finance, understand cost control/cost benefit, and gain a better understanding of the budgeting process.

Learning Objectives:
  • Identify parts of a balance sheet analysis
  • Classify your role in strategic analysis/cost planning
  • Recognize how stocks, bonds and financing affect the organization

Seminar 2: The Art of Negotiations
August 30, 2010
Presented by Tom Wm. Gille
Learn what to listen for in negotiations, understand balancing power, how to create winning authority during negotiations and the importance of follow-through.

Learning Objectives:
  • Identify opportunities for negotiation
  • Restate at least two negotiation tactics
  • Recognize potential negotiation outcomes

Seminar 3: Working with the C-Suite
September 6, 2010
Presented by Diane MacKnight and Michael Redding
The facility is very often the largest asset for a company, but it can also be the largest expense. Learn how to work the corner offices to budget, strategize and negotiate properly for your department. With the push for companies to go green, facilities departments are receiving more and more attention from the corner offices. Are you ready?

Learning Objectives:
  • Explore the new role of a facility manager as a company executive
  • Be able to define/defend your department costs
  • Understand the importance of the facility department in new company sustainability initiatives
Seminar 4: Lead and They Will Follow
September 13, 2010
Presented by Meredith Thatcher
Facilities Managers are not only problem solvers anymore. More and more Facilities Managers are the face of both the building and the department internally and externally. Understand the difference between leaders and managers and what the organization's culture is.

Learning Objectives
  • Identify nine pitfalls to avoid when leading change
  • Express how to communicate effectively
  • Recognize different office cultures

Seminar 5: Legal Responsibilities for the Facilities Manager
September 20, 2010
Presented by Kit Tuveson
This session will give participants an overview of what areas of the facility could have legal implications for the company. Don't wait until the general counsel comes to you. In any situation, from a slippery floor to poor IAQ to a natural disaster, the facilities department can help or hinder the legal department.

Learning Objectives
  • Understand the facilities department's role in the health and safety of every employee, tenant, student and/or guest
  • Understand the areas where most facilities lawsuits happen
  • Learn the ways you can minimize the threat of lawsuits


Seminar 6: Facilities Management in Any Economy
September 27, 2010
Presented by Marc Fischer
The good, the bad and the ugly... learn how Facilities Managers will need to approach each economic cycle to succeed. Facilities Managers need to re-develop business plans for each economic climate, because there are challenges and opportunities in each cycle. Are you maximizing the opportunities in each business cycle properly?

Learning Objectives
  • Identify the difference between the economic cycles
  • Explore how to use economic slowdowns as opportunities to advance the department
  • Understand the challenges facilities departments face during economic up-turns


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