Publication Credits

Michel has published Facility Management articles in US, the UK, Canada, the Middle East and Asia in leading Facility and Property Management magazines.

His articles have dealt with getting performance, re-engineering, transition and implementation, developing and evaluating RFP’s, communications, customer service, general management, leadership and other FM topics.

Michel also currently contributes general business articles to AllBusiness.com and Forbes.com

  • “Do More than Manage : Lead” – Canadian Facility Management Magazine, April, 2015
  • “Forget Big, Think Small” – Facility Management Middle East, April 2015
  • “Facility Management as a Profession : Fighting Perceptions” – Facility Management Magazine (Australian), June 2012
  • “A Creative Business Case Convinces Decision Makers” – November 2010, Canadian Property Management Magazine
  • “Doing It Right With RFPs” – May 2010, Health Care Facility Management
  • “Outsourcing May Not Equal Partnership for Facility Managers, Service Providers” – May 2010 in Building Operating Management Magazine (Feature Article)
  • “Make Your Memos Hit The Mark” –January 2010 cover article for Buildings Magazine (Cover Article)
  • “Sound System” – about FM systems in the September 2009 issue of FM World, a UK based publication
  • “Money Matters – establishing and positioning cost information for better corporate decisions” – June 2009 in FM Magazine, GCC edition (Dubai, UAE)
  • “Getting Beyond Benchmarking 101” – May 2009 in Canadian Facility Management & Design
  • “The Lifecycle Approach – Reducing your total cost of ownership: – Feb 2009, RFP Magazine, (Hong Kong)
  • “Groundwork Converts Potential Into Performance – FM systems” – March 2009 in Canadian Property Management & Design
  • “Spreadsheet Savvy” – October 2008 in Canadian Property Management Magazine.
  • “Delivering The Message” – May/June 2008 in Canadian Property Management Magazine
  • “Risk Management: The Human Factor” – May 2008 in Building Operating Magazine Critical Facilities section.
  • “Managing Your Portfolio” – May 2008 in FM Magazine, GCC edition, Middle East (Dubai, UAE)
  • “Bridging Core Business – Stay Back Team” – May 2008 in Canadian Property Management Magazine
  • “Lifecycle View” – April 2008 in Summit Magazine (Public Sector Procurement)
  • “Beware the Integration Trap” – April 2008 in Canadian Facility Management & Design Magazine
  • “Best Practices from Outsourcing” in Canadian Facility Management & Design magazine, September 2007
  • “Serving Up Quality” in Building Operating Management magazine, May 2007
  • “Evaluating your RFP Results” in Canadian Facility Management & Design magazine, May 2007
  • “How to Succeed with RFP’s“in Canadian Facility Management & Design magazine, April 2007
  • “One Step Re-Engineering through Outsourcing” in Enterprise magazine, April, 2007
  • “Do You Really Want To Know What They Think? Developing Effective Occupant Satisfaction Surveys” in Canadian Property Management magazine, February 2003 and in Today’s Facility Manager Magazine, Oct. 2004.
  • “Talking Numbers: How to see facilities the way your CFO does” in Office Life (online edition), August 2004
  • “What is a Facility Manager” in Office Life (online edition), April 2004
  • “Managing Moves” –in Office Life magazine, Feb. 2004
  • “Measuring Performance” in Canadian Property Management magazine, September 2003
  • “One Step Re-Engineering through Outsourcing” in Canadian Property Management magazine, June/July 2003
  • “Are you a leader” in Office Life magazine, April 2003
  • “Make your company flexible through managed services” in Canadian Facility Management & Design magazine, February 2003
  • “Getting the Word Out” in Facilities Design and Management magazine, January 2003
  • “10 Books that put Manage back into FM” in Facility Design and Management magazine, October 2002
  • “Making the most of Less than Ideal locations” in Office Life, Published October 2002
  • “Transition Success: The Stay Back Team” in Facility Design and Management magazine, May 2002
  • “Getting down to details when managing tenant improvements” in Office Life, July 2002
  • “Technology: The Great Enabler” Office Life, April 2002
  • “Between a Rock and a Hard Place – What Customer Service Means in Corporate Facilities” in IFMA’s Facility Management Journal, Jan/Feb 2002
  • “Premises and Productivity” in Office Life, Dec. 2001
  • “Leave Room for the Human Element” in Canadian Facilities Management & Design Magazine, Sept. 2001