{"id":4418,"date":"2016-08-25T13:39:01","date_gmt":"2016-08-25T20:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/motivate-maintenance-managers\/"},"modified":"2022-12-14T10:40:41","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T18:40:41","slug":"motivate-maintenance-managers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/es\/motivate-maintenance-managers\/","title":{"rendered":"Maintain & Motivate Your Maintenance Managers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In my last post<\/a> we talked about the frustrations of an executive maintenance leader. Now let’s talk about how fleet management can reduce these frustrations to help maintain and motivate their maintenance leaders.<\/p>\n

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Budget purgatory<\/span><\/p>\n

Senior leadership should not be wishy washy about expectations. The direction is\"darry_blog_screen_shot.jpg\" pretty simple — provide all trucks . . . all day . . . every day . . . at the lowest possible cost. Quit the fights over unrealistic budget goals. The goals are simple — we need to be better today than yesterday. You should be managing the business plan and company’s strategic direction. If a truck needs new tires, it needs new tires.<\/p>\n

Head counts<\/span><\/p>\n

Head counts are always an argument . . . x people per vehicle . . . many reasons for the disagreements.  Let the facts, or down time and uptime, determine the count. The key goal is obviously as few people as possible, but let true needs drive this decision rather than an arbitrary head count. <\/p>\n

Conflicts often happen because everybody wants to critique the other manager’s department . . . Nero fiddles while Rome burns. I often tell managers, \u00abStay in your own lane\u2026.and do not let others pass, stay out front.\u00bb<\/p>\n

Walk a mile in their shoes<\/span><\/p>\n

All too often, there is just a lack of appreciation for the complexity of the maintenance leader’s job; manifested in:<\/p>\n