Effectively Managing Your Maintenance Team Through Change Leadership

This course dives deep into the principles of change leadership, focusing on the unique challenges faced by maintenance and reliability teams. Participants will learn how to define and communicate the case for change, align individual and team behaviors, and institutionalize new practices for long-term success. Through interactive exercises, real-world models, and practical frameworks, attendees will gain the confidence to lead change initiatives that stick.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Lead change initiatives that improve maintenance and reliability performance and culture.
  • Apply structured change leadership models to align behaviors and sustain improvements.
  • Engage and empower teams through communication, coaching, and continuous improvement strategies.

Who Should Attend:

  • Maintenance and operations managers leading change initiatives.
  • Engineering, HR, and continuous improvement professionals supporting cultural transformation.
  • Project managers and executive sponsors driving strategic maintenance and reliability improvements.

Upcoming dates coming soon!

Take course number RA00075 when it’s offered next.

Course Details: RA00075

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Course Outline

  • Introduction to Change Leadership
  • Understanding Organizational Change
  • Leading Change Initiatives
  • Change Models and Frameworks
  • Engaging and Empowering Employees
  • Continuous Improvement in Maintenance and Reliability
  • Technology and Innovation in Change Leadership
  • Risk Management and Change Leadership
  • Sustaining Change in Maintenance and Reliability

Program Director & Instructors

  • Shon Isenhour

    Owner

    Shon Isenhour Is an engineering graduate of North Carolina State University and has become an expert in the implementation of holistic reliability solutions. He specializes in adult education, business process management, strategic planning, organizational change management, leadership, asset management, and reliability engineering.

  • Program Director

    Jon Wellik

Total Credits:
CEU 1.4
PDH 14

Course Administration

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Payment Options

If you are planning to attend an Interdisciplinary Professional Programs course, payment is required at the time of registration. Below are the payment options:

Pay by Credit Card

Enroll online and pay by credit card.

  • Search for the course on the website and then click on the Enroll Now button from the course webpage.
  • Enter all necessary course attendee information and payment information on the course enrollment page.
  • You will receive an email to confirm successful enrollment and payment.

Enroll over the phone and pay by credit card.

  • Call CERC Registrations at 608-262-2451.
  • Provide the registrations representative with:
    • the course name, dates, and/or course number.
    • the necessary course attendee information and payment information.
  • You will receive either a mailed document or an email to confirm successful enrollment payment.

Pay by Check

Mail in a completed registration form and check payable to UW Madison.

  • Fill out a registration form (found either in the back of the course brochure you received in the mail or here).
  • Prepare a check, made payable to UW Madison.
  • Mail the registration form and check to: CERC Registrations 21 N Park St, Ste 7101 Madison, WI 53715
  • You will receive either a mailed document or an email to confirm successful enrollment and payment.

Pay by Purchase Order

Military

If using SF-182 form, please call our registration number at 608-262-2451 or email interpro@union.wisc.edu for details and instructions.

Event Cancellation

We reserve the right to cancel a course due to insufficient enrollment or unforeseen events. If we cancel a course, participants will be notified via email or phone and will be given the option for a full refund or to transfer their registration and any fees paid to another course. We are not responsible for non-refundable plane tickets, hotel reservations, and other travel related expenses. For enrollee Course Cancellation, refer to notes on course page.

Course Notes

This course is a revision of the previously titled Effectively Managing Your Maintenance Teams. Considerable changes were made to help ensure the very latest innovations and knowledge were reflected in this revision.

This course is part of the Maintenance and Reliability Management Certificate. Enhance your maintenance skills while earning a recognized credential.