Author: Scott Sidman
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Management Lessons From Those Who Fell From Grace
Wow! 2009 certainly provided us with some spectacular examples of how appearances are not always what they seem- The news and the resulting flood of occasionally very funny emails featuring the various offenders made for a lot of water cooler discussion and head scratching. The fall from grace of a number of noteworthy people and…
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Look Back to Leap Ahead
Like many managers at this time of the year, I have been actively, but not easily, trying to carve out bits and pieces of my day to deliver my 2010 sales and marketing plan. While I have never met anyone who actually enjoys this process, most business-minded individuals understand the value it brings if done…
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Managing People who Manage Buildings: Are you holding your team back?
I recently attended an industry trade show for one of the markets we serve that uses our web-based operations platform to help manage building maintenance and other related tasks. The facility manager of a fairly large organization expressed interest in hearing how we might be able to help them improve the efficiency of their maintenance…
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Learning From Your Clients
Sources of inspiration and insight can come from many places. While we constantly promote our ability to help our clients improve a specific part of their business, such as improving building maintenance and operations processes, we occasionally learn some things from them as well. We recently undertook a large and relatively complex deployment for a…
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Getting Things Done
As Building Engines has experienced tremendous growth over the past several years, my personal areas of management, responsibility, and associated tasks have grown along with it. Like many of the clients I speak with, I struggle with the challenge of managing my ever-increasing workload. The common conversation I have with myself is “how do I…
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Manage the News to Manage Your People
It has clearly been a difficult economic year for most people and businesses. The bad news has been continuous and every time there seems to be a sign that we may have turned the corner, another shoe drops. The real estate industry, including real estate owners and managers, has certainly not been immune from all…
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Promoting Change – 10 Key Steps
Earlier this year, we promoted the concept that the difficulties brought on by the economic crisis created an opportunity for all of us to re-examine our business practices and to focus on the activities that would help us through these times and position us as stronger, more competitive companies when we emerged. We specifically addressed…
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The Benefits of a Tenant Retention Program
As the economy plummets, the shift of power from landlord to the tenant is almost audible. Like Ross Perot’s “great sucking sound,” the leverage shift from landlord to tenant landed with a tremendous thud in 2008 and will continue to roll downhill throughout 2009. As companies go out of business, reduce staff and look to…