Finding Freedom In CLEANING How to achieve flexibility through both process and product. A By: Rex Morrison America is a land of freedom, but the wise among us understand that true freedom does not come from “letting go” as much as it comes from “tak-ing hold” and applying proper discipline, produc-tive regimens and effective systems to our lives. In this way, for example, we can be free of en-slavement to bad habits — cigarette smoking, ex-cessive alcohol consumption, etc. — and free to pursue life, liberty and, yes, happiness. Freedom And Discipline Enlightened cleaning operations have embraced effective application through well-structured work, the right tools, careful metrics and trained, skilled, disciplined and focused workers. Enslavement to misguided ideas such as “cleaning is for untaught workers” and “here are your keys” training is ending because cleaning is now known to be a measurable science, one with a rigor and accountability best expressed through Rex Morrison is president of the non-profit Process Cleaning for Healthy Schools (PC4HS) Consortium Inc., and he pioneered PC4HS in 100 schools in Nevada. Morrison helps school districts implement the PC4HS pro-gram to save money and jobs while enhancing the health of the indoor environment. Morrison is also a CIMS ISSA Certification Expert (ICE) ready to provide training and consulting services to clean-ing organizations preparing to be certified to the Cleaning Industry Management Standard (CIMS). ISSA’s Clean Standard and IEHA’s Integrated Cleaning and Measurement (ICM) programs. In these disciplined regimens, training is foun-dational, persistent and ongoing to help workers succeed and free them from bad habits. Importantly, we should be hiring and training workers to clean for health. According to facilities pioneer Larry Shideler, who taught the cleaning industry the practical meaning of Cleaning for Health in the context of team or specialist processes more than a decade ago: “Training employees in Cleaning for Health empowers them to help produce cleaner, healthier facilities at less cost, professionalizes the industry and creates a powerful channel for solution rather than price-commodity driven sales.” While Shideler has retired from the cleaning in-dustry, his words still apply. The logic is simple: Since cleaning is labor, em-power your labor with the right goals, tools and for more info Visit www.cmmonline.com and type in search keyword: Cleaning . For more information on related products, visit www.cmmonline.com , select DIRECTORY from the main navigation bar, and enter keyword: Processes . Cleaning is an applied environmental discipline that enables proactively caring for people in facilities using well-defined methods and outcomes. Image courtesy of ProTeam www.cmmonline.com 23
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