When speaking, your comportment is as important as the words coming out of your mouth. It doesn’t matter how great your product or marketing skills, poor body language will lose you sales. Fortunately, body language can be improved. Below are a few ways you can instantly improve your body language and customer relationship: Nervous hands […]
Chemicals are a part of our daily lives but are laced with many hazards. When used properly and in the way they were created for, most chemicals are safe and actually make life easier for us. Improper use leads to different degrees of injuries and loss. Here’s how you can protect yourself and your team […]
Cost Advisory On the bottom-line of most companies, all attention now turns to required adjustments to survive in 2017. If many of the expert predictions and outlook on the Nigerian economy in 2016 is anything to go by, businesses do not have much to look up to as a way of relief from the harsh […]
Home Security Hiding your home key under an entrance doormat because most burglars would check there first. Hiding keys anywhere else outside. Rather than that, consider giving your spare key to a neighbour if you are going to be away for a while. Leaving a Ladder accessible to burglars. Keep all windows locked from inside […]
Super Facility Manager A look at the definition of the term Facility Management gives one a good idea that this is not the typical walk in the park kind of job. The International Facility Management Association (IFMA), for example, defines it as “a profession that encompasses multiple disciplines to ensure the functionality of the built […]
“The safety of the people shall be the highest law” – Marcus Tullius Cicero (Roman Philosopher) Getting the best out of your workforce is not always a matter of throwing more money at them or having strict monitoring policies and procedures in place. It would not be farfetched to say that every worker would value […]
Brief History of Facility Management The origin of Facility Management can be traced to the Era of scientific management and explosion in office administration, the introduction of computers in workplaces in 1960s and the energy crises highlighted the importance of cost of space (bifm.org.uk, 2011). Following these catalytic events, Since late 1980s, FM has gradually […]
Critical environments can include operational buildings, or areas within buildings, such as data centres, hospitals, manufacturing plants, and trading floors (such as a stock exchange) among others. Critical facilities are the systems that support the effective and efficient operation of these environments. These systems include, but are not limited to: electrical infrastructure, BMS and monitoring systems, UPS equipment, […]
Why Computerized Maintenance Management Systems CMMS? Does your company understand the real benefits of CMMS? You’re probably familiar with how accounting software helps your organization manage cash flows, pay suppliers and employees, and collect accounts receivable. Accounting software also provides management with important information to make better strategic decisions. Just as accounting systems help manage […]
An important component of facility management (FM) is the administration of managed security services. It is key not only to safeguard the facility but also to its operation and profitability. However, in order to understand some of those areas, it is necessary to define “managed security services” due to the various definitions that exist. In […]