FMForward: Dedicated to the Rapidly Changing Landscape of Facility Management
This is FMForward, a podcast brought to you by IFMA Boston and now hosted by Kate Thibeault, about the rapidly changing landscape of Facility Management and how to remain on top of your game. Now in our sixth season, we are exploring the FM Talent Gap, if it really exists and if so, what to do about it! Click episodes to listen, or search FMForward in your favorite podcast player. And this year we're introducing you to our valued Partners through a series called Conversations with our Vendor Partners. Listen as Kate learns more about the value each partner provides to the FM Community. Learn more about IFMA Boston at www.ifmaboston.org
FMForward: Dedicated to the Rapidly Changing Landscape of Facility Management
It's Not Your Imagination - The FM Talent Gap: The Problem
In this episode Kate launches the new podcast season which is dedicated to the FM Talent Gap by defining the problem and discussing it with a panel of experts. If you have had trouble finding skilled talent lately, you are not alone! Stay tuned to hear from industry experts about labor shortages in the industry - why they exist and what some organizations are doing about it.
Panel Introductions:
Jake Smithwick - (1) Jake Smithwick | LinkedIn
Associate Professor, Graduate Program Director, University of North Carolina / Charlotte
Collaborator with the Simplar Foundation and IFMA’s “Ask the FM Doctor” podcast, did a podcast last year on navigating labor shortages in FM
Theresa (Terry) Gruber-Tapsoba - (1) Theresa (Terry) Gruber-Tapsoba | LinkedIn
Theresa.GruberTapsoba@cushwake.com
Executive Account Director, Global Occupier Services at Cushman & Wakefield
Frank Rhodes II - (1) Frank Rhodes II, CFM | LinkedIn
Area Director, Marriott International | Team Building, Facilities Management
President of the Boston Chapter of IFMA
Host: Kathryn (Kate) Thibeault - (1) Kate (VP Workplace and FM - Americas) Thibeault | LinkedIn
Adjunct Faculty, Wentworth Institute of Technology / Facilities Management
Former VP Workplace and FM - Americas, Pearson
Thank you to our sponsors who make the FMForward podcast possible:
Swipedon | louise@swipedon.com
Tecta America Roofing | amoura@tectaamerica.com