Grow some Management and Leadership skills or die!
Broadcast published an article yesterday based on our draft Facilities Strategy. It will hopefully kick up some dust - the main thrust is that unless the sector grows or buys in some management and leadership skills it will die.
I am quoted as saying that “the facilities sector is divided; some companies are deploying business acumen and diversifying successfully, others which are not seeking alternative ways of working may not survive.”
Watch this space for the entire strategy and action plan. It will be based around a number of themes (Leadership & Management, Higher and Further Education, Careers Advice, Diversity of the Workforce, Qualifications) and will be the first time that the sector has a unified strategy and action plan.
My feelings are that there is plenty of “management” skills out there; what’s lacking is the “leadership” to see what is coming and make changes accordingly. Another observation is around the seemingly endless combustion of friendships/partnerships of late, particularly in the post production sector. Stories abound of back-stabing, tiffs, double-crossing… the marriages (perhaps, of convenience) that were the basis of many businesses seem to be coming apart at the seams. Again - lack of skills and knowledge are feeding the flames of these divorces.
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