Leadership
What Is the Silver Tsunami and Why Is It a Problem?
In recent years, we have noticed our clients experiencing repeated failures of the same equipment. Upon further investigation, we realized it was because skills are declining in the maintenance and operations departments…
- Karl Hoffower
- Failure Prevention Associates
Dealing with Poor Performers
There’s no such thing as a bad employee, but there may be one or two who need to be employed somewhere else. In this session we’ll be delving into the very difficult issue of managing poor performers. Studies indicate that in a typical company, about 30% of employees are actively engaged (high performers), 50% are dis-engaged (getting by), and 20% are actively dis-engaged (detrimental).
- Ron Moore
- RELIABILITY CONNECT
Episode 2: Scott Morris
Welcome to VETERANS CONNECTED maintenance and reliability expert and military Veteran Eric Bevevino interviews military Veteran Scott Morris MM1/SS. Scott is a Principal Engineer in the Biologics Platform Global Engineering unit at Sanofi. He is the global process owner for asset management, work management and MRO inventory management. Tune in as they exchange their experiences and discuss the transition from the military to industry, and the paths and resources that led them to where they are today…
- Eric Bevevino
- Veterans Connected
What Makes a Good Leader?
A leadership panel – Doug Plucknette, George Mahoney, Rendela Wenzel, and Scott Brown – from Week of Webinars North America 2021 discusses what makes someone a good leader…
- Doug Plucknette
- RELIABILITY CONNECT
Don’t Expect Them to Know Your Metrics – Learn Theirs
You want to be recognized for your reliability work, but senior management may not understand the metrics you use, such as MTBF. To show your progress, you must speak their language. Bill Barto gives an example from his experience with theme parks…
- Bill Barto
- RELIABILITY CONNECT
Lubrication- The Most Important Task?
This weeks podcast we talk about Lubrication and why it's probably one of the most important reliability tasks we carry out.
- Will Bower
- Maintain CM Ltd
Episode 1: Tim Harmon
Welcome to VETERANS CONNECTED maintenance and reliability expert and military Veteran Eric Bevevino interviews military Veteran Tim Harmon. Tim is an Army combat veteran with greater than ten years active and reserve service with parallel and separate civilian experience in Maintenance and Engineering expertise. Accumulated extensive experience with Kaizens, FMEAs and implementation of lean practices. Tune in as they exchange their experiences and discuss the transition from the military to industry, and the paths and resources that led them to where they are today…
- Eric Bevevino
- Veterans Connected
Succession
I spoke to a group of maintenance professionals last week in the Caribbean (virtually), and the topic of succession came up. The group consisted of men and women at various points in their careers, but there was a strong contingent of senior leaders and a few newbies.
- Joel Levitt
- Springfield
The ROI of Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace
Numerous experts have asserted that emotional intelligence and psychological safety make all the difference in the workplace, but how do we convince senior management? Rob Kalwarowsky gives us the data on how a more inclusive, emotionally intelligent workplace impacts the plant’s ROI…
- Robert Kalwarowsky
- Rob's Reliability Project