The Sounds of Silence

We have all heard the notorious song by Simon and Garfunkel. It is something of a legend, actually. However, for anyone who has ever been given the silent treatment, it has a whole different connotation. It is jarring to the ears. It seems unnatural. You wonder what is wrong.

When substance abuse infuses a workplace, it may not get louder and more party-like. It may get quieter and lazier. What can you do when your employees are all sitting around apathetically and very casually doing their work? What do you do when everyone seems to be permanently depressed?

Well, first of all, you make sure there wasn’t a death in someone’s family. Now that you have that out of the way, start looking for practical solutions. There may be some sort of substance abuse. Employees may all be having a hard week at the same time, and someone started the trend. Maybe the trend continued and people stopped caring about their livelihoods. Whatever the case, you will need to do something about it, but you can’t without information.

Our Lifeloc FC10 breathalyser device and our Rapid STAT saliva drug test are especially popular, but we have products from all over the spectrum of drug test equipment, and we are here to help you get what you need when you need it. If you have a regular drug testing schedule, then you may find it helpful to have a standing order, but it is often necessary to just order when supplies begin running low. Drug test equipment should always be stored a little in excess, just in case an emergency pops up where you will need to screen a particular worker. On-site drug testing especially has need for high quality drug test equipment, and CMM Technology is most happy to oblige.

The sounds of silence do not have to hold sway in your building. Your jobsite can have happy, talkative voices again. The difference is in the stability of your employees. Make sure that it’s strong.

This article has been taken from: http://www.cmm.com.au/articles/the-sounds-of-silence/

A New Level of Independence

Self education is not necessarily about going back to school and acquiring new diplomas, although the prestige and accreditation of a new degree certificate is certainly an added bonus. Instead, self education is about growth as an individual, and you are the only person in the world who can determine what will help you to grow and what will not. This does not mean that you should make snap judgments about different things, but that you should consider where you want to develop, and then seek out information and material which guides you through the educational process.

Self education gives you independence in a very real way. In fact, nothing else on earth can give you such inherent freedom than self education. Even money and clout and power cannot buy quite all of what independence has to offer because, without wisdom, discretion and self education, that clout will be misused and will go find someone else who knows how to use it properly. Success is something that finds you when you are ready for it, not something which you find when you are out looking for it. As the saying goes, “When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.”

Self created and sustained independence is a responsibility that no other person can give you, nor can they take it away from you. It typifies the human will to achieve goals at all costs, no matter what they have to do to figure out the process for themselves. It typifies survival and evolution and creativity and flow.

CMM Technology believes in self education and in company education. We believe in learning about the drug testing products we distribute, and learning more about why they are so helpful. CMM Technology knows that drug and alcohol testing can change the safety and energy structure in your business to one of positivity and growth and enlightenment and positive change. Drug testing in Western Australia has never seen such devotion to this work. Explore our products, such as Medix , and our personal breathalysers such as Lion SD 400 and Lion SD 500.