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The Business of Cleaning

A cleaning industry podcast focused on helping connect you to other professionals in the industry as well as provide educational recourses for you to better manage your cleaning operations.

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About The Business of Cleaning 

The Business of Cleaning is a collection of great cleaning professionals that you may not have had the privilege of listening to yet and a set of topics picked to help you grow and strengthen your cleaning knowledge. Since there’s no right answer to success, we’re building a tool kit filled with knowledge and expertise.
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Jared Loar

Jared Loar

Account Manager - Janitorial Manager

Jared Loar is an account manager for Janitorial Manager where his customer-centric day involves training, assisting with account set ups, and answering whatever questions get thrown his way like a true expert. The most rewarding part of the job for Jared is helping customers find the solutions they need to save time and remove some of the daily stresses they encounter out in the field.  

Janitorial Manager is a cloud-based janitorial software that exists to assist cleaning operations in streamlining day-to-day processes, tracking critical data, enhancing employee management, retaining and growing customers, increasing profitability, managing supplies and inventory and so much more! Designed by janitors, this robust system is built for the world of clean with intuitive features that will take cleaning organizations to the next level of success. 

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Halie Morris

Halie Morris

Podcast Coordinator

The Business of Cleaning is hosted by Halie Morris. Halie worked in the Janitorial Manager Talent Acquisition department prior to moving to the Marketing department. She then transitioned to take on the Podcast Coordinator and Host role for the team.
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Season 1: Change Management

Episode 1: Change How You React and It Will Change Your Business

Amanda Villarreal – Co-founder & Managing Member at PLEX Capital

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Episode 2: Changing Internal Processes and Documentation For Your Cleaning Operation

Trent Peterson – Sales Team Lead at Janitorial Manager

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Episode 3: Changing Internal Communication To Build A Stronger Business

Ron Segura – Owner of Segura and Associates

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Episode 4: How To Handle The Changing Needs Of Customers?

Milo George – CEO at TurfTecs

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Episode 5: How To Manage School Custodial Care In A Changing Environment?

Mervin Brewer – Assistant Custodial Manager at Salt Lake City School District

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Episode 6: How to Increase Employee Retention Through Your Hiring Process

Troy Hopkins – Area Developer & Coach at Office Pride

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Episode 7: How Distributors Shift Their Marketing Strategy to Meet New Demand

Tina Saunders – Director of Marketing and eCommerce at Nichols Paper

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Episode 8: Pandemic Pivot: Trade Show Events to Health and Safety Protection

Aaron Churchill – President at 2-Scale

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Episode 9: How to Change Company Culture to Increase Business and Drive Productivity

Jason Johnson – Owner of Premier Janitorial Services

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Episode 10: How to Utilize the Change Cycle to Elevate Your Cleaning Operations

Brandon Baswell – Campus Services Manager at Michigan State University

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Episode 11: How Changing Your Leadership Approach Can Help You Work Smarter Not Harder

Kathy Riley – Vice President of Professional Maintenance

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Episode 12: 5 Steps To Provide Max Defense Protection To Your Clients Facilities

Guy Harris – Certified Maintenance Services, Creative and Executive Director at Max Defense

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Episode 13: Virtual or In-Person: How To Find Value In Trade Shows

Sam Riegsecker – Marketing Operations Manager at Double A Solutions

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Episode 14: Implementing Technology: The Real Way To Elevate the Craft of Cleaning

Sam Riegsecker – Marketing Operations Manager at Double A Solutions

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Episode 15: The Key Ingredients to an Inclusive Work Environment

Eva Kretschmar – Owner of RBG Janitorial

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Season 1.5: Retention and Engagement

Episode 1: Open Communication Encourages Growth

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Episode 2: Prioritize Your Employees and They Will Prioritize You

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Episode 3: Aligning Your Core Values and Mission Statement

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Episode 4: Invest in Growth

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Episode 5: Improve Your Leadership Approach

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Season 2: Continuous Connections

Episode 1: Why Work With A Cleaning Franchise Company

Todd Hopkins – Founder and CEO of Office Pride Commercial Cleaning Services

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Episode 2: How to Improve Your Remote Hiring Process

Jamie Rofkar, SHRM-CP – HR Generalist for Double A Solutions

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Episode 3: Why Industry Groups Are Important For Growth

Todd Hopkins – President of BSCAI

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Episode 4: Improve Your Management Approach

Ralph Peterson – Owner of Ralph Peterson Management Services

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Episode 5: Make Facebook Groups a Resource for Your Business

Sam Riegsecker – Marketing Operations Manager at Double A Solutions

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Episode 6: 5 Ways to Generate New Business

Sam Riegsecker – Marketing Operations Manager at Double A Solutions

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Episode 7: Use Great Leadership to Strengthen Your Brand and Grow

Todd Hendricks Jr. – President of Pioneer Industrial Systems

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Episode 8: Why Strategy Matters More Than Ever When Building a Plan to Thrive

Eric Kurjan – President of Six Disciplines Consulting Services

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Episode 9: Why You Should Keep Networking as a Business Owner

Amanda Villarreal – Co-Founder & Managing Member at PLEX Capital

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Episode 10: Is Your Business Volunteering? Benefits of Giving Back

Jill Kellermeyer-Kegler – Director of Business Development for Janitorial Manager.

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Episode 11: Making an Impact: Is Your Business Cleaning for a Reason?

Debbie Sardone – Founder of Cleaning For A Reason (an ISSA Charities program)

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Episode 12: Make Your Business Known with a Good Marketing Strategy

Sam Riegsecker – Marketing Operations Manager at Janitorial Manager

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Season 2.5: Building Great Leadership

Episode 1: Building Great Leadership: Establishing Your Purpose

Mike Derryberry – Owner and Chief Visionary Officer for Compass Cleaning Solutions

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Episode 2: Building Great Leadership: They’re Made, Not Born

Mike Derryberry – Owner and Chief Visionary Officer for Compass Cleaning Solutions

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Episode 3: Building Great Leadership: Using Delegation to Create Growth

Mike Derryberry – Owner and Chief Visionary Officer for Compass Cleaning Solutions

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Episode 4: Building Great Leadership: Using Change as an Opportunity

Mike Derryberry – Owner and Chief Visionary Officer for Compass Cleaning Solutions

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Episode 40: Improve Your Employee Retention with Jason Morris

Jason Morris – Executive Director of HR at Owens Community College

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Episode 41: Rethink Your Cleaning Solutions with Dan Schmidt and Zac Miner

Dan Schmidt is Co-Founder of Ageless Global, the company that created the EZ Safer Surface Cleaner and Zac Miner is their VP of Sales

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Episode 42: Make Great Company Culture a Part of Your Strategy

Jenean Perelstein – CEO of Alchemie Academy

An additional resource for our listeners and readers is called 10 Productivity Traps.

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Episode 43: Continuous Process Improvements Help Meet Increasing Cleaning Standards at the University of Toledo

Maggie Garcia, the Director of Central Services at the University of Toledo, and Candace Huner, a Custodial Manager in charge of quality assurance at UT, joined us to talk about their process improvement efforts on Campus. 

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Episode 44: Improve Customer Retention Through Effective Communication

Corinne Zudonyi is the Editor-in-Chief of CleanLink.com, Contracting Profits magazine, Facility Cleaning Decisions magazine, and Sanitary Maintenance magazine

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Episode 45: Purchasing Groups: NSA Breaks Down Why You Should Join a GPO

NSA President, Michael Conrad, with input from Debbie Wakefield, the Director of Member Services, and Ryan LeMire, the Director of Business Development. 

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Episode 46: Employee Retention in a Difficult Employment Market

Terell Weg – CEO of MSNW Group

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Episode 47: Janitorial Manager Looks Back at ISSA 2021

Archie Heinl – President of Janitorial Manager

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Episode 48: How to Utilize LinkedIn for your Jan-San Business

Justin Clark – VP of Sales at Kelsan

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Episode 49: Educate, Train, and Certify Cleaning Excellence

Mark Warner – National Sales Manager for the Bullen Companies, Education Manager for ISSA’s Cleaning Management Institute.

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Episode 50: Clean Up Your Marketing: Getting Started

Stacy Tennyson – Inside Sales at  Janitorial Manager

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Episode 51: Addressing Employee Retention

Ben Walker – Director of Consulting at ManageMen

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Episode 52: Easy to Implement Habits for Data Security

Oliver Greive – Experience Designer and Research Strategy

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Episode 53: Why Leadership is Actually the Key to Employee Retention

Mike Sawchuk – Sawchuk Consulting

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