As a maintenance manager, one trait to possess is empathy. Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. To cascade your well-thought-out system to the shop floor, you must know your team and the people that may affect the outcome of your work. To get people to align with your values, you must understand their personality types. I would recommend that every manager studies the DiSC personality model. Knowledge of the quadrants of personality will result in better team management. 

D – Dominance 

i – Influence 

S – Steadiness 

C – Conscientiousness 

empathy

Author

tribal knowledge

Christian Okonta, PhD

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Explore More

Due Diligence in Maintenance Management

Maintenance

Expectations from the Maintenance Manager a. Work Instructions As a maintenance manager, it is crucial to provide clear and documented work instructions for maintenance technicians. Maintenance work instructions can be

Maintenance Metrics: Health Check

Maintenance metrics should be clearly stated, with targets, and explained during the weekly KPI review meeting. These objective metrics help in visualizing the team's performance on a daily, weekly, or

Preventive Maintenance System

Preventive maintenance, or PM, is regular, planned maintenance that is scheduled by maintenance triggers, including time, usage, event, and condition. The purpose of PM is to lessen the likelihood of