{"id":4421,"date":"2016-06-13T13:41:50","date_gmt":"2016-06-13T20:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/keeping-fleet-maintenance-managers\/"},"modified":"2022-12-14T10:41:35","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T18:41:35","slug":"keeping-fleet-maintenance-managers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/es\/keeping-fleet-maintenance-managers\/","title":{"rendered":"Why are Fleets Losing Their Maintenance Managers?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a lot of well-founded discussion in the trucking industry about the shortage of technicians. I believe an even bigger potential impact on fleet performance, however, is the lack of qualified maintenance managers.<\/p>\n<p> <!--more--> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Many fleets are being held back by their maintenance managers.<\/strong> <\/span>And often times, it is not the manager\u2019s fault; it\u2019s just the situation that he has been put in.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s take a look at some of the challenges faced by maintenance managers at many fleets \u2013 take a walk in their shoes so to speak.<\/p>\n<p>First of all, there is no formal education for a VP or director of maintenance. Whereas the CEO and COO can depend on a college degree and MBA in business management and finance, the head of maintenance must train on the job. If you hire from within, such as promoting a shop manager up the ladder, you need a first-class training program and clear career path for your maintenance employees. If you\u2019re hiring from another fleet, pay close attention to their training and career development.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/maintenance_manager_3.jpg\" alt=\"maintenance_manager_3.jpg\" width=\"500\" caption=\"false\" data-constrained=\"true\" style=\"width: 500px; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\">Once your maintenance executive is in place, what are some of the common reasons for a short shelf life? Based on my work with many fleets, large and small, over the past 18 years, here\u2019s some that I\u2019ve observed:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Frustrated with lack of solid direction from senior management, or leadership by committee<\/li>\n<li>Lack of appreciation; looked down upon as still a \u201cgrease monkey\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Unachievable, manipulated goals in the compensation package<\/li>\n<li>Unrealistic controls and expectations from finance department<\/li>\n<li>Excessive busy work in reporting<\/li>\n<li>Over controlling handcuffs by HR department<\/li>\n<li>Forced cuts in staff levels<\/li>\n<li>Using techs to drive trucks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/maintenance_manager_2.jpg\" alt=\"maintenance_manager_2.jpg\" width=\"500\" caption=\"false\" data-constrained=\"true\" style=\"width: 500px; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\">I\u2019ve also observed common reasons why maintenance executives stay in their jobs \u2013 both good and bad. First, the bad:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Passion is gone, but staying is easier than the alternative.<\/li>\n<li>Laying low, waiting to get asked to leave.<\/li>\n<li>Succeeding is no longer important, but the paychecks and vacation time are hard to give up.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now let\u2019s look at some of the positive reasons why they stay:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>There are constant but achievable challenges<\/li>\n<li>Loyalty to the company and owner\/CEO<\/li>\n<li>Great leadership and fellow team members<\/li>\n<li>Involved in all related areas; part of the processes<\/li>\n<li>Respected and treated as a leader<\/li>\n<li>Compensated well for the responsibility and results<\/li>\n<li>Just plain feels appreciated<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>My next guest blog post for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Double Coin Tires<\/a>&nbsp;will provide actionable advice on achieving these positive reasons for your maintenance executives to stay with your company and thrive.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, if you have any comments or questions, please submit below and I will respond.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you and happy trucking!<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2_Darry_Stuart.jpg\" alt=\"Darry_Stuart.jpg\" width=\"100\" caption=\"false\" data-constrained=\"true\" style=\"width: 100px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;\">Darry Stuart is a guest blogger for Double Coin Tires. He founded&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.darrystuart.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DWS Fleet Management Services<\/a>&nbsp;in 1999 and has helped many fleets, both large and small, improve their bottom line.&nbsp;He advises his clients on tires (<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.doublecointires.com\/blog\/proper-alignment-and-deep-tread-rubber-a-winning-combination\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here&#8217;s what he thinks about Double Coin<\/a>), but devotes most of his efforts to personnel and organizational issues.&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>{{cta(&#8216;df48027a-ae89-4439-9bf5-1ed7f63fa5b3&#8217;)}}<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disculpa, pero esta entrada est\u00e1 disponible s\u00f3lo en English.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fleet-management"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4421\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}