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Like any industry, cleaning service providers have to deal with varying levels of employee turnover. The ability to keep your... 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Murphy Team Member of the Year](https://content.smoworks.com/blog/indoor-air-quality-and-hepa-vacuums-1) - by [David Murphy](https://content.smoworks.com/blog/author/david-murphy) - July 23, 2019 We would like to congratulate our 2018 JD Murphy Team Member of the Year, Melinda McKenzie! Although she was not able to attend, Melinda was recognized at our 2019 SMO Team Member Awards Banquet held on April 27, 2019. She... 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Some of those individual may speak enough English to allow for sufficient levels of communication with their English-speaking... 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Chief among those is their ability to maintain high levels of employee engagement throughout their entire organization. It is not enough merely to hire good... 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One critical component of that process is the Employee... 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Your day to day activities and responsibilities are just natural sources of stress. Some stress is normal and studies have shown that low... 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Ernest has been a Cleaning Technician with SMO since October of 2017. He was... [Continue Reading](https://content.smoworks.com/blog/smo-team-member-of-the-month-december-2018) - [Employee Engagement](https://content.smoworks.com/blog/tag/employee-engagement) - [SMO Company News](https://content.smoworks.com/blog/tag/smo-company-news) Share this post - - - [![SMO Team Member of The Month November 2018](https://content.smoworks.com/hs-fs/hubfs/SMO%20Team%20Member%20of%20The%20Month%20November%202018.jpg?width=239&name=SMO%20Team%20Member%20of%20The%20Month%20November%202018.jpg)](https://content.smoworks.com/blog/smo-team-member-of-the-month-november-2018) ## [SMO Team Member of The Month November 2018](https://content.smoworks.com/blog/smo-team-member-of-the-month-november-2018) - by [David Murphy](https://content.smoworks.com/blog/author/david-murphy) - February 14, 2019 A warm congratulations to Earl Smith, SMO’s Team Member of the Month! Earl has been working with SMO since 2015. He started as a Cleaning Technician but has recently been promoted to Supervisor, following a SMO tradition of... [Continue Reading](https://content.smoworks.com/blog/smo-team-member-of-the-month-november-2018) - [Employee Engagement](https://content.smoworks.com/blog/tag/employee-engagement) - [SMO Company News](https://content.smoworks.com/blog/tag/smo-company-news) Share this post - - - [![Untitled-design-12](https://content.smoworks.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Untitled-design-12.jpg?width=239&name=Untitled-design-12.jpg)](https://content.smoworks.com/blog/smo-university-presents-save-money-do-your-own-taxes) ## [SMO University Presents – Save Money, Do your Own Taxes](https://content.smoworks.com/blog/smo-university-presents-save-money-do-your-own-taxes) - by [David Murphy](https://content.smoworks.com/blog/author/david-murphy) - January 22, 2019 SMO University will be presenting a personal enrichment class for SMO team members to help them prepare their own taxes. Afterwards, a CPA from Councilman Farlow Marlowe & Co PLLC will be available to answer SMO team members tax... 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