If you have drivers who can't say no when someone asks for their help; who sometimes give of their time, talents, and resources almost to a fault; who may neglect their own needs to serve others ? then you're dealing with someone high in the Social value. If you understand what it means when someone has this as their highest value, you can manage them very effectively.
Social Value: A Passion for Service
High Social drivers are passionate about helping those in need. These altruistic people prize others and are, therefore, kind, sympathetic, and unselfish. They regard helping others as the only suitable form of human interaction. They believe it is better to give than receive, even in an organizational setting. They have a humanitarian attitude toward improving the whole of society.
General Characteristics
Here are some qualities you'll notice in drivers high in the Social value. They:
*Are sincere people; their helping attitude will be demonstrated in the things they do *Freely give of their time and energy to others, even without being asked *Will seek to contribute to the welfare of others *Care about the feelings of others on the team
Value to the Organization
Here are some of the strengths of drivers with the high Social attitude. They:
*Demonstrate a high personal and professional regard for others on the team *Are excellent team players *Show a high degree of willingness to help, teach, and coach others *See things that need to be done, then do them
Keys to managing and motivating
Here are tips on how to get the most out of these selfless people:
*Recognize they are very ?giving? people, yet don't take advantage of their giving nature. *Provide flexibility to allow them to help others on the team. *Show a genuine interest in what they want to give to the job. *Monitor that they are not being overly giving to the point that their own work suffers.
Training and Professional Development
When you train these drivers, keep in mind their learning should be linked to:
*Their expertise in helping others on the team *Amplifying their need to teach, coach, or help others *Increasing their personal knowledge base they will then share with others.
Continuous Quality Improvements
Areas in which those high in the Social value may need coaching and mentoring:
*Help learning to say ?no? more often. *Help understanding it's not productive to leave their own work needing to be done as they help others complete their own *To be aware when they're trying to help too much and getting the way of someone who may not want their help.
One time when I was coaching a corporate management team, one of the women took me aside and told me how stressed she was that everyone in the company asked her to do things for them just because they knew she would. It was taking a toll on her, she was taking anti-depressants, and she was thinking of quitting her job. Since she was a religious person, I reminded her that Christ said we are to love our neighbors as ourselves, not more than nor less than ourselves.
The best way to retain good drivers high in the Social value is to recognize their desire to help people while, at the same time, not permitting others to abuse their good nature.
Fleet Management is a very important tool in the fleet industry. It primarily helps fleet managers manage the vehicles in their company's fleet. Instead of leaving the drivers of vehicles to track cash purchases, fleet management gives them tool they need to effectively ensure that transport is handled smoothly and that time is not wasted. This tool helps with planning the most efficient routes for vehicles, tracking vehicles, tracking mileage and most importantly monitoring accounts against fraudulent purchases.
There are other factors involved in fleet management which includes fuel and maintenance management, vehicle financing, diagnostics, health and safety management. These functions are extremely helpful when a company relies heavily upon their fleet of vehicles to conduct business. This is especially true for companies who have to keep track of many vehicles and drivers.
The Convenience
Fleet management is convenient, easy to implement and use because it removes the risk that is involved in vehicle investment and provides 100% compliance with Duty of Care government legislation. A company can choose to deal with these operations in-house or they can outsource the operations to a Fleet Management provider. Fleet management is so convenient that it is estimated that it will increase significantly in 2008, especially with the expected rise in fuel costs and the need to curb those fuel costs as much as possible.
To make fleet management more convenient, there are computer programs available to aid a business in its fleet management tasks. These tasks can be vehicle acquisition, vehicle disposal, trip profiling, vehicle dispatch, and can provide functions such as active disabling (remotely preventing an engine from starting) and Geo-fencing.
The Benefits
The benefits of fleet management more or less speak for themselves. One concern is fuel efficiency. Fleet management systems must develop a plan to be as fuel efficient as possible. This can be through the mapping of the most efficient routes for the vehicles and even coming up with fuel plans to optimize fuel spending. Perhaps running as few vehicles as possible may be part of the plan on light days rather than running multiple vehicles when it isn't needed. Such strategic planning can keep productivity at optimal levels while saving money at the same time.
But it is through productivity that profits are going to be made, so fleet management systems must map out plans to make sure the job gets done in a timely manner. This also ties in with using vehicle tracking as a way to make sure vehicles are not straying from the plan and if they do, they can be put back on track through GPS systems based on cellular triangulation platforms. This is especially helpful if a vehicle is lost. Instead of driving in circles to find where they are going, a GPS system can quickly get them back on track.
Mechanical diagnostics is another great benefit of fleet management and advanced fleet management systems can perform such functions by being able to connect to the onboard computer of the vehicle. The computer can then gather information such as mileage, fuel consumption, and other aspects that ensure compliance.
So you can probably tell how important fleet management can be for a business. Having a good system in place can benefit a business in many ways whether it is knowing when to dispose of an old vehicle and invest in a new one, or monitoring the activities of the fleet to ensure that business on the road is being conducted reasonably, cost-efficiently, and in a timely manner. How you want to manage your fleet is up to you since there are so many levels of management available from basic functions to advanced functions such as performing mechanical diagnostics remotely by communicating with the vehicle's onboard computer. It more or less comes down to how many vehicles you have and how advanced you want to be.
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