General Session

GS1
10/6/2010 8:00:00 AM - 10/6/2010 8:50:00 AM

Facility Decisions

Facility Manager or Facility Leader: Which Do You Want to Be?

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Presenter(s): Larry Morgan, RPA, FMA, SMA, Head of Operations, Palo Alto and Vancouver Regions
Larry Morgan, RPA, FMA, SMA, Head of Operations, Palo Alto and Vancouver Regions, SAP, Global Facilities Management (Americans)
Rick Storlie, Director of Administrative Services, Facilities Management
Rick Storlie, Director of Administrative Services, Facilities Management, University of Nevada Las Vegas
Kit Tuveson, President
Kit Tuveson, President , Tuveson and AssociatesKit is President of Tuveson & Associates, a facility management consultancy company. His 36-year Hewlett-Packard career included responsible positions in process engineering, manufacturing line management, facilities management and environmental health & safety. He has managed facilities teams, global program managers, and cross-functional teams, and served as Global Director of Facility Operations and also Global Director of Environmental Health & Safety. He is a graduate of Stanford University with a Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering and a Master's in Industrial Engineering. He is a Certified Facility Manager and served as IFMA's Board Chairman (1997-1998) where he instituted their formal Association Strategic Planning process. He is President-elect of the FM Consultant's Council of IFMA, newsletter editor for the IFMA Chapter in Sacramento, and Chairman of the IFMA China Advisory Team.

"Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall." — Stephen R. Covey This special session will explore the differences between being a facility manager and a facility leader. Hear from our expert panel of facility leaders as they discuss the differences between the two and how they personally became facility leaders. Are you ready to lean your ladder on the right wall and become a leader?

Learning Objective:

1. Understand the difference between a manager and a leader

2. Hear from facilities experts about their paths to becoming leaders

3. Comprehend how to become a leader within your organization

4. Learn how to inspire others in your department to become leaders


Audience: Intermediate
CEU: 0.1