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: Upskilling
In our first episode we confirmed that we do, indeed, have a talent gap problem in FM. In episode 2 we looked at what Higher Ed had to offer us in terms of solutions and found that the number of students in FM was dwindling. In Episode 3 we looked at ways to drive more high school students into the trades and into Facilities Management certificate and degree programs, and in Episode 4 we looked at other sources of talent.
Sometimes our future talent is right in our own organizations. They may not be ready to take the reins today but with upskilling (or side skilling), your existing team may be ready to move forward in the near future. Upskilling is the focus of Kate's Episode 5 discussion with her panel including Valerie Paquette and Pat Turnbull.
Panel Introductions:
Valerie Paquette is the Executive Director of Workforce Development and Professional Education at Wentworth Institute of Technology.
Pat Turnbull, former President & COO of Kayhan International, a workplace strategy and furniture/interiors firm, In 2019, Pat founded Workplace-IQX a consultancy focused on developing an awesome workplace experience, enhancing workplace effectiveness and helping organizational leaders develop and bridge the gap between strategy formulation and execution. She is also the Executive Director of Workplace Evolutionaries (WE) a global community of practice for IFMA.
Pat Turnbull - MA, LEED AP, IFMA Fellow | LinkedIn