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The Actions To Accelerate Your Culture Change

Hit the ground running and embed the culture change to achieve maximum results

Your culture change has a plan, it has the right people in place, and you are ready to roll it out. Your change stands a better chance of success than most change programs as you have a plan with the right people. Sometimes changes fail because the change is not embedded quickly, people lose interest and go back to their old ways. If you haven’t already, please start at the beginning of the series with the warning signs that […]

By James Kovacevic|2019-04-19T15:50:02-04:00May 23rd, 2016|Change Management, Organizational Management, People|Comments Off

Getting the Right People on the Bus and In the Right Seats

A guide to ensuring your department will support your reliability culture

People are the heart of any maintenance reliability program and they have the ability to make the program succeed or fail. This is why managing the change to reliability culture is critical. We covered a few of the key pieces to change management in the previous post . But sometimes, not matter what change management technique(s) you use, the change may not be successful.

Why? You need the right people on the team and in the right positions. In the book […]

By James Kovacevic|2019-04-19T15:50:02-04:00May 16th, 2016|Change Management, Organizational Management, People|Comments Off

Red Alert: Your Culture Is Hurting Your Reliability Efforts

The Warning Signs That You Need a Culture Change

Imagine working within (or maybe you don’t need to imagine it) an organization in which everything is completely reactive. You arrive early to try and organize the work for the day, yet only to find out someone else is there doing it.

During the course of the day, there are multiple failures and all are followed with “I told John that was making noise a few days ago.” You inquire if the operator submitted a work request and you receive the response “That’s maintenance’s job”.

Unfortunately, this a […]

By James Kovacevic|2019-04-19T15:50:03-04:00May 2nd, 2016|Change Management, Organizational Management, People, Roles & Responsibilities|Comments Off

Get Your Parts Right: The Storeroom Manager

The Roles & Responsibilities of the Storeroom Manager

The storeroom manager has the responsibility of ensuring the right parts, in the right quantity, at the right time are available. But what if they are pre-occupied with other tasks to properly manage the storeroom? It increases costs, delays work and increases Mean Time to Repair. This series continues with the storeroom manager. With the storeroom manager clear on their roles and responsibilities, the storeroom can operate efficiently and accurately.

If you followed the steps in first post of the series, and have reviewed […]

By James Kovacevic|2018-01-30T07:41:19-05:00December 14th, 2015|Organizational Management, People, Roles & Responsibilities|Comments Off

The Coach: The Maintenance Supervisor

The Roles & Responsibilities of the Maintenance Supervisor

The Maintenance Supervisor is known as the coach of the maintenance department. But what if they are pre-occupied with other tasks and unable to coach the technicians? It has the potential to increase overtime, increase rework and increase Mean Time to Repair. That is why this series continues with the Maintenance Supervisor. With the Supervisor clear on their roles and responsibilities, the technicians get the coaching they need to succeed.

If you followed the steps in first post of the series, and have […]

By James Kovacevic|2018-01-30T07:27:51-05:00December 7th, 2015|Organizational Management, People, Roles & Responsibilities|Comments Off