{"id":19687,"date":"2017-10-16T10:49:51","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T10:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.okappy.com\/?p=19687"},"modified":"2020-05-05T09:44:28","modified_gmt":"2020-05-05T08:44:28","slug":"5-essential-characteristics-successful-facilities-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.okappy.com\/5-essential-characteristics-successful-facilities-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"The 5 Essential Characteristics of a Successful Facilities Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:20px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>We featured on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iofficecorp.com\/blog\/the-5-essential-characteristics-of-a-successful-facilities-manager\">iOFFICECorp&#8217;s blog<\/a>\u00a0where we talk about the 5 essential characteristics of a successful facilities manager.\u00a0Managing the workspace comes with a broad scope of services to be looked after and the challenges faced along the way! 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