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Request for Proposal: 3 Steps to Nail It
If you are a property manager, facility manager, or just someone who holds the keys to the kingdom, you’ve probably had to deal with vendors at some point. Most times you get to know vendors through their response to your Request for Proposal (RFP). A request for...
4 Simple Facilities Management Cost Saving Ideas
How many “hats” are you wearing? We all have jobs that require more of us than our title states. A stay-at-home mom is a caretaker, personal chef, chauffeur, and even tutor. Taylor Swift is a singer but also a songwriter, actress, businesswoman, and now, a political...
The Danger of Allergies (…and how to combat them)
After a hot summer, we all look forward to those cool autumn evenings- the ones that are filled with bonfires and trying to eat our weight in s’mores. However, with the changing of the seasons, we may get something we didn’t ask for: allergies. Seasonal...
3 Eco-Friendly Ways to Clean Your Office
Eco-friendly office cleaning methods are easy and just as effective a cleaning as their harmful, chemical counterparts.
Play to Your Employees’ Strengths
I almost fired an extremely valuable employee this year. I had raised her into a position that provided better pay, hours, and a less strenuous workload. But as soon as she got into the role, she floundered. No matter the amount of training and one-on-one coaching I...
Is Workplace Burnout a Burning Issue?
Are your employees unhappy with the work they’re doing? Better yet, are YOU unhappy? You and those that work with you could be suffering from burnout. Burnout seems like a term we use when we want to lump our stress and exhaustion into one place. However, it’s so much...
Is Workplace Stress Killing You?
“The best time to relax is when you don’t have time for it.”Sydney J. Harris Read the title again. It’s a pertinent question: is workplace stress killing you? Even if we haven’t been mortally wounded, managing stress at work can bleed into every aspect of our lives,...
3 Common Myths in Commercial Cleaning
There’s a stigma surrounding commercial cleaning services. The belief is that outsourcing our janitorial services will lead to costly mistakes, untrustworthy employees, and a host of issues that is ultimately not worth the headache. The trade-off is that we must...
The Dirty World of Commercial Cleaning
The world of commercial cleaning is extremely competitive. Everyone from global companies to mom-and-pop operations are all vying for the next account to bolster their revenue stream. It’s a dirty world full of promises that can often be motivated by the check you...
Dress (Your Facility) to Impress
Whether you have the best commercial cleaning program in town or not, there are most likely details going unnoticed. In our personal lives, we have no problem taking the “dress to impress” approach. Whether for a job interview, wedding, or a big presentation at work,...
5 Ways to Boost Productivity in Your Janitorial Services
Productivity is crucial in any business. Understanding the importance of productivity in the workplace can help a company increase and utilize the capacity of human resources it has. In fact, the most productive companies in the world have happy and healthy employees-...
4 Questions You Should Ask Every Janitorial Company
Outsourcing isn’t always an easy process. It can be stressful, chock-full of pushback from executives in your facility, and feature bids covered in fluff and hidden agendas. However, when it comes to vetting a potential cleaning service, you have questions that need...
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