3 limiting beliefs that stop you from achieving reliability

Do you believe in reliability?

See, beliefs drive our behaviours.

And if you were to believe in the wrong things…

You will also do the wrong things.

For example:

If you believe that maintenance is simply a cost sink. A necessary evil. A headache. Something that doesn’t produce profit…

Then chances are… You won’t invest in reliability. You won’t train your maintenance teams.

You won’t support maintenance improvement initiatives.

See what I mean?

Beliefs affect what we do.

That’s why our approach as a business is different. At Reliability Academy, we focus on the root of the problem— Our limiting beliefs.

And after 20+ years in the industry… I see three BIGGEST limiting beliefs that stop us from escaping the vicious cycle of reactive maintenance:

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(1)?Improving reliability is complicated

(2)?You can’t improve reliability without a lot of external help

(3)?Improving reliability is expensive and requires a lot of upfront investment

Let’s discuss each limiting belief in more detail:

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Limiting Belief #1: Improving reliability is complicated

Reliability is not rocket science.

But it’s frustrating that so many organisations are convinced that to achieve high reliability, you need to successfully implement complex models with 10 to 20 different elements. Now, that would be daunting to just about everyone.

But you know what?

These models are more complex than they need to be.

You don’t need 10 or 20 elements to achieve high reliability.

In fact, in my experience, the “Best of the Best” get to World Class Reliability by simply doing the basics. And that’s not just my experience, industry research shows the same.

That’s why I developed a very simple model called the ‘Road to Reliability Framework’, which consists of only 4 Essential Elements that you need to worry about.

It is easy to understand. It helps you focus on what’s important. And it works.

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Limiting Belief #2: You can’t improve reliability without a lot of external help

Across industry we rely heavily on consultants. And for good reasons. Consultants bring experience, expertise, and often much needed horsepower. Unfortunately, good consultants don’t come cheap. So implementing your reliability improvements by heavily relying on them is an expensive approach.

And an approach that often fails.

Because all too often, the implementation lacks change management and does not address the organisation’s ability to sustain improvements. Once the consultants leave, the improvements unravel.

Instead, train your team on the process. Educate them on why certain steps are necessary. Give them the tools and frameworks to make changes. And coach as needed for sustainable change.

And yes, manpower shortages are common. Many companies say they struggle with manpower. But they also?have a lot of untapped talent.

Find that talent in your organisation.

Train them.

Unleash them.

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Limiting Belief #3: Improving reliability is expensive and requires a lot of upfront investment

For a long time, organisations improve reliability through BIG programs. A significant upfront investment followed by a multi-year improvement program.

Payback was long. Returns were always in the distant future.

And we’ve all heard the message: “It’s a marathon, not a sprint.” “Before you can reduce maintenance costs, you first have to invest a ton of money”.

“It’s a good investment down the line”.

“We have to start somewhere”.

That is a hard sell. Especially in organisations that have lived with low reliability and reactive maintenance for a long time.

Here’s an easier approach:

A series of smaller, more focused improvements. With much smaller upfront investments and quick ROIs.

It’s easier to sell.

Easier to implement.

These ‘Reliability Sprints’ are highly focused, shorter projects, or ‘sprints’, where we train and coach your team to implement key reliability practices and processes.

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How do we get past these limiting beliefs?

The first step is to educate yourself.

That’s what my emails, blogs, and linkedin posts are for.

That’s why I’ve been so hard at work sharing these resources for free.

But if you really want change to happen in your organisation…

It’s not enough that only one or two people in your organisation has that change in mindset. That change in belief.

You need everyone in your team to have the same mindset. You need to build a culture of reliability in your organisation by training your maintenance team.

And if that’s something you need help with…

Then schedule a call with me using this link.

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P.S. Whenever you're ready, here are 3 ways we can help you on your Road to Reliability:

1. Want to train your team on how to improve your plant's maintenance reliability?

Enroll your team in one of our most popular online training courses:

Implementing Maintenance Planning and Scheduling—increase your maintenance workforce by 35% without hiring anyone. Reduce costs, improve safety and increase morale.

Developing and Improving Preventive Maintenance Programs—achieve higher reliability and availability whilst doing less maintenance. Acquire the knowledge and tools needed to create a highly effective and efficient Preventive Maintenance Program.

2. Want to know how effective your Planning & Scheduling really is?

Use our Planning & Scheduling Scorecard?to assess your performance and receive a personalised PDF report with recommendations on how to improve.

Use our Wrench Time Calculator?to easily calculate how much value your organisation is missing out when you neglect your Planning & Scheduling.

3. Want to start your journey on the road to reliability?

Download the Reliability Academy eBook?and discover a simple, proven framework that you can use to achieve a highly reliable plant for your organisation. Unlike other overly complicated models that use 10 to 20 elements, the Road to Reliability framework only uses 4 elements to achieve great results.