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FM CAREERS - TRAINING
World FM Day is taking place on the 15th of May.
The idea behind it is to encourage discussion,
argument, debate and hopefully motivate people
into exchanging a weight of witty tweets about the
issues facing the sector. There are so many areas of
interest to FM including, how to harness innovation
and technological advancement, the roles of
leadership, workplace and facilities management
as a career of choice, all a range of well-rehearsed
narratives that are familiar to us all.
These matters are important, of that there is no
doubt, nor can it be doubted that hearing the same
people, debate the same thing, at so many di erent
times, without anything seemingly being done can
lead to a kind of resignation or fatalism. An important
element to the success of any management role is in
training up future leaders.
This is why since 2017, working with workplace
consultants 3edges, we have been working on our
Workplace Leadership solution. This is a new, higher
level, learning and development platform. We like to
think of it as the part of the IWFM Academy dedicated
to producing the leaders who will help develop the
workplaces of the future.
Spanning three days, the interactive Workplace
Leadership programme takes learners on a varied
exploration of the opportunities and challenges that
workplace presents. It is designed to o er varying
perspectives on the workplace concept and equip
learners with a tangible, actionable plan for change.
The first courses in the programme came to an end
at the tail end of last year, and since then we have
developed new options, available to everyone in our
industry, embracing those who are members of the
Institute and those who aren’t.
When putting together the Workplace Leadership
solution, IWFM and 3edges were aiming to support
the development of a new generation of workplaceminded
and enlightened professionals, whilst
upskilling and guiding the current facilities workforce
through the theory and practice of this emerging
area, all directed toward positive, workplace change.
A similar mindset was integral to the development
of the new courses. Each of them takes place over
the course of a single day, and focuses on one
specific area of workplace management, design
or leadership. They can be taken as part of IWFM’s
professional development pathway or as standalone
courses. Each has been designed to cover something
that will be integral to the leaders of the future:
Making better workplace decisions using data
Is about providing you with the skills and confidence
to have a positive influence on decisions about
workplace. You will learn to: ask the right questions;
see problems in di erent ways; think critically about
the strengths and weaknesses of di erent types of
data; and make more informed, evidence-based
workplace decisions.
Creating better workspaces
Is about equipping you with the knowledge and
confidence to have more informed conversations
about workspace design. You will learn about: how
workspace design can have a positive or negative
impact on individuals and organisations; the
sometimes hidden and o en over-looked aspects
of workspace design; and the positive role that nondesigners
can play in decisions about organisational
workspace.
Selling your workplace vision
Is about how you get senior managers and other
stakeholders to buy-into your ideas around
workplace. You will learn how to: create a compelling
workplace vision and value proposition; make a
robust case for change; and convey your ideas
persuasively and authoritatively, using practical
communication tools like storytelling.
Leading successful workplace change
Is about developing the skills and confidence to
guide people through workplace change. You will
learn about: understanding the individual and
organisational impact of workplace change; the role
that leadership plays in bringing about e ective
workplace change; and practical techniques for
designing and implementing workplace change.
You don’t need to have taken the Workplace
Leadership programme to get the full benefit of any
of these new courses. If only one of them appeals to
you at the moment, then that’s fine, take that one.
All four tie into IWFM’s aims and ambitions and are
part of the Institute’s drive toward chartered body
status. They are open access and o er the chance for
you to join others from diverse backgrounds, as well
as o ering organisations the chance to tailor them
to their own needs. Those same organisations can
use the courses to benefit the people responsible
for their workplaces, as well as to foster and provoke
inter-organisational development.
This is our contribution to the ongoing workplace
debates. We want to change our profession by
upskilling its educational level and, long term,
we see no reason why workplace qualifications
shouldn’t become commonplace across society.
Hundreds of column inches are written about the
workplace every week, it a ects all of us who work,
but rarely does workplace and facilities management
feature. We want to change that. The Workplace
Leadership solution was the first step on this journey
to making this a reality and the four one day courses
were the second.
WORKPLACE MATTERS
IWFM CEO Linda Hausmanis explains the Institute’s new suite of
workplace management courses
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