Interdisciplinary Professional Programs
College of Engineering

Effectively Managing Your Maintenance Team Through Change Leadership

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.

Explore in-depth change leadership principles and practices specifically tailored for professionals in maintenance and reliability. Participants will learn how to effectively lead change initiatives, improve maintenance and reliability processes, and foster a culture of continuous improvement.

Improvement initiatives which require behavior change to be successful and sustainable must incorporate a formal change management strategy in alignment with the technical implementation schedule. The level of effort within the change management strategy is dependent on the scope of the improvement initiative and the relative risk to the organization. The approach to being a successful change leader is to define the case for change, communicate the need for change, preparing the organization for change, aligning individual behaviors, and institutionalizing behaviors. We will discuss the philosophy behind each of these steps and execution of these steps. We will share models that simplify the change management process, and you will discover the art of leading your organization, nurturing an effective team, and driving remarkable business outcomes through engaging discussions, hands-on experiences, and interactive exercises.

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What You Will Learn:

This course provides an in-depth exploration of change leadership principles and practices specifically tailored for professionals in maintenance and reliability. Participants will learn how to effectively lead change initiatives, improve maintenance and reliability processes, and foster a culture of continuous improvement.

Who Should Attend:

  • Maintenance Managers
  • Operations Managers
  • Supervisors and leaders
  • Human Resource Management
  • Project Managers
  • Engineering Managers
  • Continuous Improvement Managers
  • Plant and Division Managers
  • Executive sponsors of change

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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 using tools such as Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM), and Root Cause Analysis (RCA) as well as Six Sigma and Lean to drive significant bottom line results.

    Shon specializes in Adult Education, Business Process Management, Strategic Planning, Organizational Change Management, Leadership, Asset Management, and Reliability Engineering and has led improvement initiatives for industries such as pharmaceuticals, metals, petrochemical, paper, and power generation, among others. Shon has spoken on these topics at numerous professional conferences in the United States as well as Europe, South America, Africa, and the Middle East.

    Shon is a Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP), Certified Asset Management Assessor (CAMA) and has been certified by Prosci and Colorado State University as a Change Management Professional.

    Shon currently writes and manages one of the most visited industry-specific blogs, www.ReliabilityNow.com. This valued resource, with over 200 posts on topics ranging from manufacturing, leadership, reliability, and education, is viewed by over 4,000 visitors every month.

    When away from the asset management world, Shon lives reliability as a helicopter and airplane pilot and an avid fisherman. Nobody likes to be stranded in the air or on the water.

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

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