Work Truck Magazine, April 2018

presents innovation and technology or even standardization and the company perceives them as pushy or radical It may not be that fleet managers are dismissed from the company but are mentally dismissed for their thought processes or ideas Lisa Kneggs Fleet Specialist EnLink Midstream Dallas Fleet Managers Take Heed n The editorial in the March 2018 issue on the reasons competent fleet managers are fired is right on target I just hope fleet managers heed your words Author Wished to be Anonymous A Business Centric Approach to Fleet Management n The editorial in the March 2018 issue of Work Truck offered some good advice An additional point of contention is often the failure to manage the fleet business centric Many talented fleet professionals forget the companys business is not fleet management The most successful fleet managers are able to see the bigger picture and deliver fleet programs tailored to the unique ever changing needs of the their companys business environment people and future Greg Miller President FleetLogik LLC St Charles Ill Celebrate Success Stories and Share with Management n Great editorial on why competent fleet managers are terminated Fleet managers love to get out there and execute every day but taking time to track KPIs identifies two crucial trends The first shows processes that can be improved and second success stories should be celebrated with your team and shared with upper management Adam Seifert CAFM National Fleet Manager Need It Now Delivers West Orange N J 8 WORK TRUCK APRIL 2018 Dont Let Technology Surpass Your Knowledge n The editorial entitled Why Competent Fleet Managers are Terminated was a great article We need to be flexible and embrace change as change is inevitable Semper Gumby is a term that comes to mind Latin for Always flexible It was in the mid 1980s that a USMC master gunnery sergeant was mentoring me on the ways of fleet management at Base Motor Transport 1st Marine Division He would say things like Son dont ever let technology surpass your knowledge The moment that happens you become obsolete and replaceable Words that I still value to this day Daryl Greenlee Business Manager Monroe County Fla Management Needs to Grasp Fleet Accomplishments n I read the editorial in the March 2018 issue of Work Truck magazine about why competent fleet managers are terminated I want to elaborate on your point that contributing to terminations is that some fleet managers are too humble and not self promoting This would not be an issue if upper management took the time to grasp the true results of the efforts of fleet managers The need to continually having to selfpromote your efforts is more of managements lack of focus and integrity versus a fleet manager deficiency Too often I am met with managements opinion that they are focusing on core business operations of which fleet is no longer considered core to the business Of course until someone high up in the organization complains about vehicle selections etc Like the stock market a correction in managements attitudes should occur if not they do this at their own peril Enough said Joe LaRosa CPA MBA Global Fleet Procurement Consultant Trenton N J Most senior level managers do not fully understand what fleet managers do and as a result cannot appreciate their achievements If fleet managers dont promote their accomplishments chances are high that no one in management will know about them If a fleet manager doesnt define yourself within the company your detractors will do the job for you A humble fleet manager is often relegated to mediocrity As Jack Welch the former CEO of General Electric once said Control your own destiny or someone else will These are wise words that many fleet managers dont take to heart Editor The Fine Line Between Gloating and Self Promoting n Among the five reasons cited in the editorial Why Competent Fleet Managers are Terminated the fourth reason of being Too Humble and Not Self Promoting is in my humble opinion the hardest to rectify Determining the line between gloating and self promotion is an art But I will say every challenge I have taken has been designed to challenge what I knew or thought I knew Dennis Hogan Director of Internal Maintenance CRST Lincoln Sales Cedar Rapids Iowa Management is the Old Dog Not Learning New Tricks n One reason you cite why competent fleet managers are terminated is that they are perceived by management as the old dog who doesnt learn new tricks Another perspective is that many times its the company that is the old dog A fleet manager comes in and MAIL STOP