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August 2020 | VOLUME 16 | ISSUE 8

CONTENTS

F E AT U R E S 8 6 Ways to Help Workers Reduce Stress During Difficult Times 20 In the News 22 Cen-Tex Waste Water Inc. 28 ALW Classifieds 30 Index of Advertisers

CEO & PUBLISHER Gideon W. Smith

CREATIVE DIRECTOR Melissa Kennelly

SENIOR EDITOR Katherine Nolan

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TECH NEWS

P R O D U C T W AT C H

A S S O C I AT I O N N E W S

6 WAYS TO HELP WORKERS IN THE NEWS

REDUCE STRESS

A S S O C I AT I O N I N S I D E R

DURING DIFFICULT TIMES

INDEX SPOTLIGHT Dif ficult times at work, at home, or even in society at large can cause workers to struggle to cope with feelings of uncer tainty, vulnerability, stress, and a sense of being overwhelmed. Workers’ dif ficulties in coping with stressful circumstances can lead to serious consequences for employees and your por table restroom rental or septic services business.

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xperiencing relatively brief periods of high stress typically does not cause lasting negative

effects on people. However, when exposed to extremely stressful circumstances is prolonged, it can

Below is a list of ways employers can create working conditions that are more conducive to lower stress for workers and help them manage their stress levels.

eventually negatively impact mental and physical

CAUSES OF DIFFICULTY AND RESULTING KINDS OF STRESS

health. It’s a problem that also often becomes

First, it’s important to know the difference between

extremely costly for employers of over-stressed

the kinds of stress people experience and then focus

workers, causing losses of income and increases in

on ways to help alleviate the most severe form of

healthcare costs, among other serious outcomes.

stress for workers at your company.

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assess their workplaces as very stressful or extremely

...a high percentage of U.S. American workers assess their workplaces as very stressful or extremely stressful.

stressful. (See the link to the CDC publication in Additional Resources, below.)

LIVING AND WORKING UNDER HIGHLY-STRESSFUL CONDITIONS OVER TIME CAN CAUSE MANY HEALTH EFFECTS, SUCH AS: • Fatigue

There are two primary classes of stress causes that people can find themselves trying to cope with in the workplace: 4 Brief but intense events or issues can cause brief stress, known as acute stress. For example, being in a

• Cardiovascular disease

• Anxiety

• Weakened immune system

• Depression • Diabetes

• Suicide

• Cancer

• Numerous others

• Obesity

minor auto accident, or struggling briefly to adopt a new procedure at work can cause briefly high stress.

Acute stress comes and goes and usually does not

EMPLOYER’S RISK OF LOSSES FROM EMPLOYEES’ COPING DIFFICULTIES

cause serious consequences to an employee’s well-

Consequences of workers’ concentration, morale, energy

being or job performance.

levels, and other functional changes in their mental and

4 Difficult conditions can cause prolonged stress,

physical condition can result in major losses for portable

known as chronic stress. For example, a troublesome

restroom rental and septic services businesses. More

relationship at home, or coping with the current global

broadly, employees’ difficulties in coping with stressful

health and economic crisis can cause prolonged high

circumstances cost U.S. businesses an average of over

stress. Continued extreme stress caused by long-term

$300 billion per year.

difficult circumstances at home or work can lead

Therefore, it makes sense for employers to take

to potentially serious health impacts and poor job

measures to make their workplaces less stressful places

performance.

for employees and help employees who may find

EMPLOYEE RISKS OF HEALTH IMPACTS FROM COPING DIFFICULTIES Research by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) indicates that a high percentage of U.S. American workers

themselves struggling to cope with difficult and stressful circumstances over prolonged periods.

Taking prompt action to help mitigate difficult situations for people at work can help businesses avoid the serious continued on page 10

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consequences of not addressing their employees’ needs

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when they appear to be coping with prolonged extreme

HOW TO HELP EMPLOYEES MANAGE THROUGH DIFFICULT PERIODS

stress.

Here are some ways employers can help workers cope

P R O D U C T W AT C H

SOME OF THOSE CONSEQUENCES TO BUSINESSES CAN INCLUDE: • High absenteeism • High employee attrition rates

I•N THE NEWS Reduced productivity

A S S O C I AT I O N N E W S

better through difficult personal and occupational challenges:

1.

MONITOR FOR EXCESSIVE STRESS LEVELS IN YOUR WORKPLACE.

As in many, if not most, other industries, entrepreneurs

A S S O C I AT I O N I N S I D E R

in the portable restroom rental or septic services, and

• Poor product and service quality

others in the wastewater management industry are

• Decreased customer satisfaction

focused full-time on growing a successful business.

• Increased employee healthcare costs

Business owners often work at a fast pace for very long

• Increased customer dissatisfaction rates

hours, with little sleep and no relief in sight during

S• Damaged P O T L Ibusiness G H T reputation • Reduced profits • Other impacts that can threaten the business

the first several months to years of operations. In such

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circumstances, the issue of employees’ difficulties coping with stressful circumstances of their own may be overlooked. continued on page 12

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TECH NEWS

The priority in managing stress in your workplace

Creating a more pleasant workplace can do much to

is to make sure you are mindfully staying aware of

help employees feel good about their jobs and their

stress levels indicated by your team members, and in

lives in general.

P R O D U C T W AT C H yourself:

4 Encourage employees to maintain an open dialogue with management about any concerns that have the potential to impact their I Nwellbeing T H E NorEtheir W Sjob performance.

A S S O C I AT I O N N E W S

If you cannot make a transformational set of changes all at once, pick one or two modifications from the list below, or other ideas you may have, and implement positive changes to make your work environment more pleasant. a messy, A SFor S example, O C I AT I O Ndysfunctional I N S I D Ework R

4 Ask workers for feedback about their employee experience working for your company.

environment is a stressor.

4 Suggest available resources that can enable them to manage personal or occupational issues.

as cluttered, disorganized individual workspaces, and

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2.

BE SUPPORTIVE OF EMPLOYEES’ CHANGING NEEDS.

It’s natural to settle into work routines, and it can seem too difficult to accommodate the unexpected needs of employees that often arise. So, build flexibility for dealing with such inevitabilities into your operations model. Position your operations to enable yourself and your team to react with agility to virtually any oncoming surprise changes in any individual staff member’s ability to perform in their roles optimally.

Employers can do much to alleviate the sense of anxiety and uncertainty that escalates pressures

So, first, fix frustrating, anxiety-causing problems such common areas of your facilities. Conduct a 5S project to clean up and organize your workplace, and repair anything broken or poorly-working in your I Nthat’s DEX facilities. Include these tasks: 4 Clean, declutter, and organize all workspaces and facilities 4 Repair or replace equipment and tools that workers need to succeed 4 Designate a private and quiet space for complex work 4 Minimize noise levels 4 Provide a comfortable, well-stocked space for breaks

on people during difficult times. For example,

4 Organize digital filing systems

allowing employees to switch to more engaging or

4 Improve aesthetics with fresh paint, and furniture replacements, as feasible

less demanding tasks, or encouraging time off for managing personal challenges, along with other applicable strategies can help preserve performance, motivation, and engagement, and minimize turnover during periods of individual or group difficulties.

3.

IMPROVE THE PHYSICAL WORK ENVIRONMENT.

Provide a work environment that is conducive to positive attitudes. An unappealing workplace is a difficulty in and of itself for many people to cope with.

4.

GUIDE EMPLOYEES TO SELF-CARE OPTIONS DURING DIFFICULT TIMES.

The human body generates stress hormones in response to upsetting situations, and those hormone flows subside when individuals regain enough ability to manage the difficulty and come to sense they can resolve or sufficiently manage the problem. Employers can help workers mitigate prolonged difficulties in a variety of ways: continued on page 14

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P R O D U C T W AT C H 4 Implement stress-relieving diversions at work, like walks around the campus, stretch breaks, or other bits of down-time activity for decompressing.

4 Provide training and/or coaching on organization, time-management, and I Nprioritization.

THE NEWS 4 Strongly encourage people to take healthy amounts of time off to rest, rejuvenate, and prevent burn-out.

4 Allow alternative work arrangements, if feasible, such as working from home one or S Ptwo O Tdays LIG T flex scheduling, etc. perHweek, 4 Direct workers who are experiencing ongoing high-stress circumstances to professional stress management or treatment resources.

5.

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A Syour SO C Imanagement AT I O N N E W Sas necessary Modify team approach to align with your employees’ actual capabilities, and adjust your requirements appropriately. Setting realistic goals is fundamental to avoiding losses from the consequences of over-work and over-stress that results from forcing people to struggle overtime to meet

A Sdemands.

S O C I AT I O Nexcessive I N S Iexpectations DER excessive Imposing on workers forces them to struggle to cope with that working condition and leads to: 4 Frustration and sense of defeat 4 Disengagement from job role and company

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4 Loss of confidence 4 Increased friction between team members 4 Diminished morale 4 Sense of job insecurity

EVALUATE YOUR EXPECTATIONS OF WORKERS.

4 Lack of trust or loyalty for the company

Attempting to meet excessive requirements or

4 Strong motivation to change employers

unrealistic expectations at work is an extreme and unnecessary source of stress for workers at bad workplaces. Check your expectations, to ensure that they are appropriate. Define your personal and business values, to be sure that they are reflected in your regard for the value of employees.

6.

MODEL SELF-MANAGEMENT OF STRESS DURING DIFFICULT PERIODS.

Setting an example your employees can emulate helps workers demonstrate how professionals can rise to overcome personal and workplace challenges. The Harvard Business Review offers business managers a

Setting realistic goals is fundamental to avoiding losses from the consequences of over-work and over-stress

good discussion of self-discipline in the workplace. (See the Additional Resources below, for a link to the HBR article.)

Strive to exemplify the ability to maintain a positive outlook and practice self-management, by modeling these leadership-worthy personal stress management behaviors, among others: continued on page 16

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4 Take time off routinely. Sufficient downtime is essential to maintaining strong productivity consistently over time and

P R O D U C T W AT C H avoiding burnout.

4 Avoid displaying extreme anger or other strong negative emotions at work.

Remember that your employees look

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So, in the interests of your business and your workers, be aware A S S O C I AT I O N N E W S of individuals’ needs during continuing difficulties, and treat those as a top business concern.

to you as their leader for appropriate behavioral cues.

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4 Demonstrate healthy habits that help

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throughout the portable restroom and septic industries,

maintain mental and physical health and

or elsewhere in the national business sector these

thereby strengthen the body’s and the

days. However, in any scenario case, inattention by

mind’s coping abilities.

management to too many key people working with prolonged circumstances of struggling to endure high-

DO SOMETHING.

stress levels can be expected to lead to unfortunate

There is not a one-size-fits-all solution to resolving

IND X opportunity, lost talent, and outcomes in E wasted

the countless possible compounds of problems that

disintegrated teams.

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diverse employees and employer businesses face

Those operational losses, of course, translate into lost continued on page 18

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IN THE NEWS

A S S O C I AT I O N I N S I D E R

productivity, poor quality, customer dissatisfaction,

SPOTLIGHT

and declining bottom-line business performance. In

INDEX extraordinary times, such as the prolonged illness of a family member, or the current quarantine and months of its national economic impact, many employees can be expected to be coping with significantly increased challenges. So, in the interests of your business and your workers, be aware of individuals’ needs during continuing difficulties, and treat those as a top business concern.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES Your portable restroom rental company or septic services business may have an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) as part of your employee health benefits program. If so, recommend that employees who are having difficulties coping with ongoing challenges or experiencing prolonged stress, whether due to causes internal or external to the workplace, schedule a visit with an EAP professional or their family physician for guidance.

For more general information about how to help employees maintain personal balance during challenging times at home or work, try these recommended sources: https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/99-101/default.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/ PMC5081153/ https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/stressmanagement/in-depth/stress-symptoms/art-20050987 https://hbr.org/2017/06/leadership-takes-self-controlheres-what-we-know-about-it https://businesscollective.com/7-things-great-managersdo-to-support-their-employees/index.html

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COMMERCIAL CREDIT GROUP INC. INDEX SWILL P O T LMOVE I G H T COMPANY HEADQUARTERS TO ACCOMMODATE GROWTH Equipment finance company Commercial Credit Group Inc. has outgrown its existing office space and will move offices, to a new location in uptown Charlotte, to provide for future growth.

Company co-founder, President and CEO, Dan McDonough noted, “Uptown Charlotte is our home.

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In addition to the company’s national machine tool and waste divisions and its southeast construction and CHARLOTTE, NC (July 10, 2020)

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July 13, 2020. The new office is located at 525 N. Tryon

hiring professionals to fill positions in accounting,

Street, Suite 1000, Charlotte, NC 28202 and will house

documentation, finance and sales.

80 employees.

“When we moved into our current office space in 2010 we had 17 employees in the Charlotte office.

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also offer a range of portable toilet rental services. They offer impressive discounts on high quantity portable toilet rentals and free estimates on all of their septic systems.

And while they maintain normal business hours, they also offer prompt 24-hour emergency septic service to all of Hill Country- which, it’s worth noting is a vast, rugged, and physically demanding terrain.

In recent years, the company has expanded its list of services to include automated alarm systems, discount septic pumping, and monthly scheduled maintenance contracts for major clients.

Centex Waste Water, Inc had to differentiate its brand by offering steep discounts and superior service in a landscape where few others had the nerve to work.

Interestingly, they even serve the LCRA, which is a local Energy, Water, and Community Services utility organization – which goes a long way to show how far on top of the local waste management industry Centex Waste Water is.

Their choice of portable restrooms reflects the unique challenges and needs in and around Kingsland, TX and they haven’t seen the demand for luxury, full-service, and vanity bathrooms yet. Mr. Dillard says this is because the majority of the contracts they fulfill are construction sites and rural installations. They do not get much of their business

Today’s spotlight, namely Centex Waste Water, Inc, began

from temporary public venues such as fairgrounds,

in the waste management business at a time when it was

weddings, concerts, and the like. Hill Country, Texas is- as

much harder to enter the field unopposed. Founded in

stated- rugged, and relatively hostile. It is a place where

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than leveraging innovative technology early, Centex Waste

However, where Centex shines is in their custom septic

Water, Inc had to differentiate its brand by offering steep

design and installation services. The rugged, rocky, and

discounts and superior service in a landscape where few

hill strewn terrain makes it necessary to design custom

others had the nerve to work. That’s not an easy way to

septic systems on just about every new property since no

muscle in on a competitive industry. But as Kingsland’s

pre-fabricated systems could possibly suffice for the wide

leading local waste management and portable toilet rental

variety of logistical needs found there.

company – their work ethic and determination stand for themselves.

They specialize in the design, installation, and service of septic systems for residential and commercial use. They

Centex’s website is also well designed so all of their important information can be found on a single page.

When you navigate to their “forms” page, you will find an impressive list of items. These represent all of the

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management facilities that one believes one needs in Hill Country means demolishing massive subterranean and super-terranean rock. And to be curt, not a lot of organizations have the wherewithal to take on the liability that comes with large scale dynamiting operations these days.

At the end of the day, while Centex has a level of customer service that’s hard to beat- the fact is that they are installing novel septic systems in a land that few would have the nerve to do such work in. Frankly, it’s one heck of a way to earn a corner on the market!

components of the septic systems they design, build, and install. In other words, you can (in part) select the components of the septic system you want.

Of course, as Mr. J.R. Dillard and his team will tell you, a thorough appraisal of the site by them will be

Source http://www.centexww.com/index.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Hill_ Country#Geography

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