All in the Family Businesses

All in the Family Businesses

By |2024-01-05T22:19:26-06:00February 15, 2018|

Family businesses form the backbone of the economy in the United States and virtually every country of the world. It is estimated that more than 70 percent of all businesses are family owned and operated. Moreover, family businesses historically have accounted for the largest portion of new jobs created, which is important to note as ...

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Imperial Dade: A Culture of Service

By |2024-01-05T22:19:25-06:00February 13, 2018|

Who would have thought that a simple cup of coffee could directly result in a major acquisition? But that’s exactly what happened to Imperial Dade a few years ago at the annual ISSA Show North America. Everyone knows the show is THE place for manufacturers to showcase new product innovations and for attendees to be ...

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Implementing a Sustainability Program

By |2024-01-05T22:19:25-06:00February 12, 2018|

A decade ago when green cleaning was first taking hold in the professional cleaning industry, where did cleaning contractors and in-house cleaning professionals turn to help guide them through the transition? They turned to their jansan distributors for help. Distributors were the ones with the green products; they were the ones who manufacturers taught how ...

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Face to Face Still Matters

By |2024-01-05T22:19:23-06:00February 7, 2018|

Every beep, buzz, or ping acknowledges that society is engrossed in technology. It dominates much of the communication between human beings on a day-to-day—often minute-to-minute—basis. Technology has revolutionized the workplace, exponentially increasing profits and proficiency. However, while learning to work with technology is vital, mastering the art of human interaction remains key to success in ...

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BYOB: Build Your Online Business

By |2024-01-05T22:19:23-06:00February 6, 2018|

Content marketing is a tactic that is gaining a lot of buzz in the public relations, marketing, and communications industries as the new way to grow your business’s online presence. If this is the first you’ve heard of it―get ready—you most likely will be hearing much more about it in the near future and may ...

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A 50-Year IMPACT

By |2024-01-05T22:19:23-06:00January 24, 2018|

In the early 1960s, Toledo, OH, and the surrounding area was a hotbed of companies developing and manufacturing supplies for the janitorial and cleaning industry. Around that time, Jim Findlay and Jim Lower, two employees of National Laboratories, struck up a friendship. When word came down that National Laboratories was looking to move its corporate ...

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Welcome to Green Cleaning 3.0

By |2024-01-05T22:19:22-06:00January 23, 2018|

In a sense, we are now beginning Green Cleaning 3.0. Green Cleaning 1.0 began all the way back in the mid-1990s when, after an Executive Order by then-U.S. President Bill Clinton, federal offices and facilities were required to start using environmentally preferable cleaning tools and supplies whenever and wherever possible. Clinton’s order resulted in federal ...

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Lessons in Organizational Transformation

By |2024-01-05T22:19:22-06:00January 22, 2018|

Many businesses come to the realization that there is a tremendous need to change how their organizations operate. For more than a decade, there has been a significant amount of both theory and practice surrounding organizational change. While many organizations have spent time creating and implementing change programs, very few have truly confronted reality and ...

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Opening up to Open-Plan Offices

By |2024-01-05T22:19:20-06:00January 19, 2018|

Open-plan offices have been gaining popularity recently. An open-plan office, also known as an open-space or open-concept office, refers to an office in which the interior walls—and along with them, most private offices—are removed. In place of walls, partitions of varying heights may be installed between workspaces, or, what is becoming increasingly common, office staff ...

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Restrooms: Where Are the Germs Really?

By |2024-01-05T22:19:17-06:00January 18, 2018|

According to a study by NSF International, a not-for-profit standards-development, testing, and certification organization, more than 90 percent of restroom users perform some type of “restroom gymnastics” when using a public restroom: using paper towels to touch handles and faucets; shoe bottoms to flush toilets; and elbows to open and close doors, turn on electric ...

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