Core Competency Of The Month
Professional Development
In light of emerging technology, changing legal issues, and increased responsibilities, fleet specialists and managers, like most professionals, need to continually educate themselves. A commitment to personal improvement in the areas of leadership, ethical behavior, and all aspects of organizational effectiveness, is a must.


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LATEST ARTICLES
*indicates Member Articles Only

* Can A Strong Safety Policy Really Improve Driver Behavior?
(Fleet Solutions - January/February 2012)
Description: This article discusses how to set up effective safety policies, how to monitor compliance, and how to handle non-compliance.

* Propane
(Fleet Solutions - January/February 2012)
Description: Newer, perhaps flashier, solutions may capture the imagination more readily than sturdy, consistent propane, but with new technology being introduced in vehicles, it might be time for the veteran gas format to take its place among the next-generation alternative fuels.

* Managing Millennials
(Fleet Solutions - January/February 2012)
Description: While every generation causes its elders some worry, fleet may have good reason to fear Millennials as they are forcing the business world to change in many ways.

* Chapter Meeting Attendance
(Fleet Solutions - January/February 2012)
Description: A look inside the results of NAFA's 2011 Chapter Membership Survey

A Day In The Life of Debi McClendon
(Fleet Solutions - January/February 2012)
Description: Inside Corporate Fleet with Debi McClendon, Fleet Manager of Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.

Fleet Information & Regulations
(US Dept Of Labor - Current)
Description: The Energy Policy Act of 1992 (EPAct) was passed by Congress to reduce our nation's dependence on imported petroleum by requiring certain fleets to acquire alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs), which are capable of operating on nonpetroleum fuels. This is a listing of US regulations.

Guide to Federal Fleet Management
(US General Services Administration - Current)
Description: This article outlines five areas of competency that Fleet Managers require to perform federal fleet management.

Fleet Disciplines

Asset Management
Fleet assets are actually a subset of the real properties owned or leased by an organization.
Maintenance Management
This discipline's competencies will enhance understanding of essential maintenance principals.
Vehicle Fuel Management
This discipline's competencies deal with both conventional and alternative fuels in centralized and decentralized operations.
Risk Management
This discipline's competencies will demonstrate the varying strategies of dealing with risk.
Business Management
This discipline's competencies cover an array of practical and commonly encountered topics.
Financial Management
Fleet managers must have some knowledge of the financial issues that affect their fleets.
Fleet Information Management
There is significant value for fleet specialists and fleet managers to understand the basic IT issues.
Professional Development
Personal improvement in the areas of leadership, ethical behavior, and aspects of organizational effectiveness.

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