Originally Published in Cleaning and Maintenance Magazine Dec. 30, 2015 Cleaning professionals are under more and more pressure to perform their duties as quickly as possible. This is happening in a variety of settings, from the cleaning of commercial office space to schools to hospitals and hotels. And, during a time when our industry is …
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Below are a series of questions designed to help you assess the state of your business today. 1. Has your company not met its profit goals? 2. Has your company not met its sales or market share objectives? 3. Does your company have a difficult time finding the talent needed to realize the growth objectives …
Segura Shares Takeaways from ISSA/INTERCLEAN Latin America 2017 Tradeshow San Mateo, CA – Ron Segura, president of Segura & Associates is continuing his tour of Central and South America where he is one of the presenters at the ISSA/INTERCLEAN Latin America 2017 tradeshow. The Latin America tradeshow is held every other year and is considered …
Ron has had an ongoing column in Cleaning Maintenance Management for two years. A collection of just a few of his articles in this column are listed below: From Complainer to Flag Waver How to reassure your most difficult clients January 31, 2017 Ron Segura In most cases, even a challenging customer can be turned into …
Not too long ago people felt going green was costly and not worth the effort, but now almost every company has some sort of green cleaning program. In this Educational Quick Clip, cleaning industry consultant Ron Segura explains why jansan contractors have an obligation to help their clients take their cleaning program to the next …
Carpet cleaners are almost always looking for new ways to generate revenue, and although we may hear discussions about offering this or that add-on service, one of the most significant ways to take a carpet cleaning business to a higher level is to take on commercial accounts. This could include accounts in an entire assortment …
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One of the professional cleaning industries most respected leaders died in February 2017. David R. Holly spent his entire professional life working first as a building service contractor, than a salesperson with SC Johnson Company, The Ashkin Group, and most recently with Segura and Associations. While Holly was a highly valued member of The Ashkin …
While it has been discussed for years in the professional cleaning industry, it is surprising how many facilities have still not adopted a green cleaning program. For many, especially smaller businesses and facilities, it very simply may not be an issue. There focus is day-to-day operations, putting green and sustainable issues on the back burner …
Typically when we discuss benchmarking in the professional cleaning industry, we are discussing the actual performance of cleaning duties by cleaning professionals. We determine how long it takes properly trained cleaning workers to perform specific duties and from this, we establish a benchmark…this is how long this task should take. While we will be discussing …
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Ron Segura, Founder and President of Segura & Associates brings over 50 years of experience in all segments of the Cleaning Industry. Ten of those years were spent overseeing the cleaning of over 4.5 million square feet of outsourced services for The Walt Disney Company.
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