Don’t be one of those fleet practitioners who talk a big game and leaves everyone feeling deflated and with a bruised ego.
There are two types of fleet practitioners – the ones who walk the walk and the ones who tell you they can.
Don’t be one of the ones who loves to tell everyone about themselves:
- I’m the best at this
- I’m the most experienced
- Blah, blah, blah
Often their operations are not based on a best practice foundation and suffer from poor accountability and practices.
Having a strong verbal game is not all bad; just pick the correct forum.
In fact, having a strong verbal game can highlight the positive things that you are achieving and get upper management interested in your cause.
I suggest you need to find the correct balance within your verbal game. Highlight the positives in your operation – just be cautious that your ego doesn’t get out of hand and/or make sure you have good data to back it up!
By all means, highlight the positives in your operation – just be cautious that your ego doesn’t get out of hand and/or make sure you have good data to back it up!
Use humility and empathy amongst your peers – this will develop far more respect than getting on your soapbox.
To stop our Anonymous Fleet Manager (AFM) blowing a gasket, we created Internal Combustion, a monthly column for fleet-related rants that lets him blow off some steam. Got a fleet gripe you'd like to get his opinion on? Email emily.ditchburn@ipwea.org and she'll pass it on to AFM – when he's in a good enough mood, that is.