Healthcare Facilities Network Facility Management Leadership Journey
High Reliability, The Healthcare FM Podcast is brought to you by Gosselin/Martin Associates. Our show discusses the issues, challenges, and opportunities within the Healthcare Facilities Management (FM) function.
In a show that is repurposed from our Healthcare Facilities Network, we welcome Lotoya Beard. Lotoya is the Executive Director of Hospital Maintenance at a major Academic Medical Center. She also serves as Region 4 Representative for the American Society for Healthcare Engineering.
In this episode, we discuss Lotoya's entry into healthcare facilities management, her path to facilities leadership, and how she can use her Engineering Degree in everyday facilities management. Additional topics include:
- "I don't recall being told about healthcare facilities management"
- Ask questions to shorten the learning curve
- Climbing the Facilities Management ladder, and working in a male-dominated field Managing people
- FM challenges in 2024
- ASHE Leadership and balancing facilities work
- De-stressing
- Using the degree in the Director role
- Opportunity in the facility management role
As always, thank you for listening.