Surviving The Changing Custodial World Cleaning insider looks at how to stay afloat with grounded thinking. By: Carol Kobylanski C Countless employers are asking their employees to do more with less, maximize resources and continue to provide the most efficient services possible for customers. Many custodial managers find themselves fac-ing constant change, learning curves, resolving issues with unknown variables on the spur of the moment, dealing with numerous daily emergen-cies, etc., and have minimal time left for neces-sary paperwork, planning, completing “to do” lists and so on. have additional resources” results in a work situa-tion that is becoming a condition many are current-ly all too familiar with. In this job market, and with concerns in the world overall, there are so many uncertainties and it seems work challenges are more plentiful now than ever before. Of course, there is the human side of this issue: How do we accomplish these tasks successfully while preserving our well-being through rapidly changing work times? Impacting Workflow Carol Kobylanski, REH, began her custodial experiences with a summer college job over 30 years ago. She currently oversees custodial operations for all campus residential build-ings, the student center, athletic facilities and many portions of the academic/administrative custodial campus’ needs at The College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio. Contact her at [email protected]. Have A Nice Day Here is a situational example many of us can relate to. Todayʼs world of “do more with less” and/or “find creative ways to make it work because you canʼt for more info Visit www.cmmonline.com and type in search keyword: Trends . For more information on related products, visit www.cmmonline.com , select SUPPLIER SEARCH from the main navigation bar, and enter keyword: Training . From front office to cleaning crews, many workers often feel overwhelmed today. 34 CM/Cleaning & Maintenance Management ® • August 2009
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