The evolving healthcare industry may offer new opportunities for facility managers prepared to take advantage of them, according to an article on the FacilityCare website. Facilities professionals must communicate how they contribute to the organization as a whole.
Experts say the best way to prove your worth is to know your program inside and out.
That knowledge is the mark of an the extraordinary facility manager, according to Abbas Ghassemi, chair of Ecotech Institute’s advisory board.
“An outstanding facility manager has a great grasp of operational requirements for the facilities being managed," he said in the article.
To be more valuable, facilities professionals should understand the goals of the higher leadership and how facilities can contribute to those goals.