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DRIVING EXCELLENCE THE PSYCHOLOGY OF Successful Maintenance and Reliability Programs There's a mindset needed to effectively hire and manage your team, says this featured Mainstream Conference speaker. By Jane Alexander Managing Editor JOE PARK IS A BUSY MAN. The Global Director of Reliability for Novelis, he spends considerable time helping drive excellence in maintenance and reliability efforts at his company's sites around the world. As Maintenance Technology's Sept. 2014 cover feature details, Park is good at his job. Moreover, he and Novelis are willing to share even more insight into these successful efforts with other busy maintenance and reliability professionals. Park is among the featured speakers at this year's Mainstream Conference, scheduled for June 7-10, in Denver, CO. His presentation, "Maintenance Psychology 101," will address what he calls "some of the most overlooked and neglected components" needed to drive excellence in maintenance and reliability management. He'll also discuss approaches for dealing with a top challenge managers face across industry today: how to identify, grow and sustain competent maintenance and reliability teams. According to Park, a hallmark of a successful, high-functioning, maintenance and reliability programs is the organization's ability to implement work and activities via strongly defined hierarchies and closely aligned teams. But how does an organization get to that point? That's where "psychology" comes in, Park says. "Hire first for attitude and aptitude," he advises. "Many maintenance managers make the mistake of valuing skill set above all else, which can lead to unhealthy dynamics within an organization." Park says people with good attitudes and the aptitude to back them up will quickly learn the skills, and also be a more positive influence on their organizations. Park believes getting the right people into the right jobs is paramount because not everyone is suited for every task. "Understand the strengths, weaknesses and interests of people," he says, "then align them with the proper roles for maximum effectiveness and job satisfaction." MT Mainstream Conference Digs Deep into Maintenance and Reliability The Eventful Group's Mainstream Conference is characterized as "an assetmanagement conference for companies that care about Leadership, People and Culture." It's also an interactive experience rather than a sit-and-listen event. According to conference organizers, they continually meet with reliability, asset-management, maintenance and operations leaders to uncover their most critical challenges. In the past year, they claim to have spoken with more than 300 leaders and professionals from 150+ 42 | MAINTENANCE TECHNOLOGY asset-intensive organizations. Recently, they conducted a full-day workshop with over 20 of the nation's senior leaders in the space. Based on these conversations, they developed a list of 27 umbrella Hot Topics that reﬂect the pressing issues and areas of interest to the community in right now. Solutions to these challenges will be in the spotlight at the 2015 Mainstream Conference June 7-10, in Denver, CO. The event features 40+ sessions, workshops, roundtables, panel discussions and interviews, along with a busy slate of networking opportunities and social gatherings. The entire schedule has been designed to help participants pinpoint new and different ways to increase reliability, reduce risk, embrace new technology and standards and unlock the true potential of their assets and people. The 2015 Mainstream Conference will be held at the Westin Westminster Hotel, atop the Rocky Mountains between Denver and Boulder, CO. For complete details, visit mainstreamconference.com/na. MAY 2015 http://www.mainstreamconference.com/na

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