Leadership for Shutdowns, Turnarounds and Outages Workshop

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Leadership for Shutdowns, Turnarounds and OutagesDeveloped by Joel Levitt and the Life Cycle Institute

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Leading a strategic outage combines careful

planning and effective leadership

Navigate difficult

situations and people

Motivate teams and

sustain morale

Master decision-

making, time management

and communication

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Developed by Joel Levitt, world renowned

expert in maintenance management

Based on Joel’s highly acclaimed book

“Managing Maintenance Shutdowns and

Outages”

Aligned with maintenance management

best practices as taught by the Life Cycle

Institute and Life Cycle Engineering

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Participants will learn how to:

Assess your leadership and decision-making style

Motivate teams and sustain morale during a planned outage

Cope with difficult situations and people

Practice verbal and non-verbal communication techniques

Handle the legal side of a shutdown

Develop a personal action plan to increase productivity

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Leadership for Shutdowns, Turnarounds and

Outages

2-day workshop

1.4 Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

Private

Workshops may be tailored to your specific needs and

delivered at your site.

STO Competency Improvement Program

This course is delivered as part of the three-week STO

Competency Improvement Program

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Who Should Attend

• Maintenance Managers

• Maintenance Supervisors

• Key Staffers in Heavy Maintenance Environments,

• Shutdown/Outage Team Members such as

– Maintenance Engineers

– Planners

– Project Managers

– Outage Planners

– Project Engineers

• Non-Maintenance Managers responsible for shutdowns

• Site Personnel with potential to lead and manage future outages

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Shutdown leadership rests on three legs

PEOPLE SKILLSMANAGEMENT

SKILLS

TECHNICAL

SKILLS

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Motivational Techniques

Recognition Treat people

with respect

Offer Training Give them

power or

ownership

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Leading shutdowns requires effective

communications

Communicate to support management objectives

Watch body language - 70% of communication comes from

non-verbal cues

Be mindful of differences in communication across genders,

cultures, ethnicities, and class

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What is a contract?

When are contracts needed?

Types of contracts

Rules of contracts

Making contract revisions

Request bids

To handle the legal side of shutdowns, leadership

must know…

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3 Reasons to Choose the Life Cycle Institute

Building competency is what we DO!Our team of learning professionals understands what it takes before,

during and after training to change behavior to produce results!

LCI instructors are trained learning facilitatorsRigorous facilitator qualification and certification process

Focus on the learning process and transfer to the job

Engage learners, reinforce relevancy and integrate prior experience

LCI training is an active experience Learning by doing vs. lecture

Group activities, assessments, case studies

Network with peers

Develop action plans to drive results post-training

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800-556-9589

The Life Cycle Institute is the learning, leadership and

change management practice at Life Cycle Engineering.