The benefits of a strong fleet risk management programme are obvious: less cost to the company, a lower chance of driver accidents, and fewer legal complications.
However, the advantages may not be obvious to the senior leaders of your company, whose approval and support you’ll need when introducing risk management to the corporate culture. Add to that the pressure of quickly understanding complex health and safety regulations, having company-wide compliance fall on your shoulders, and the task can seem pretty impossible.
But we’re here to tell you that it’s not. With a few simple talking points, you can effectively persuade key stakeholders of the necessity of good fleet risk management, and get the green light to implement it company-wide. From there, you can better steer the company in the direction of risk prevention and safety awareness.
Here are some of the key points that we include in our free presentation template, which can help you get your risk management programme across the line.
In order to get leaders to see the need for fleet management, you’ll have to illustrate the consequences of leaving the matter unattended.
Some talking points that deal with the consequences of little or no fleet risk management include:
Once leaders see the potential bad outcomes of non-existent fleet risk management, you can begin to introduce some of the solutions. A few risk-lowering ideas you can propose include:
While certain small steps towards better fleet management can be taken, it can be burdensome on time and resources to do it all in-house. Senior stakeholders can easily see this logic, as they may already wear many hats in the daily order of business.
This is the perfect opportunity to reveal that the services of an outside fleet management partner would be a great asset for lowering risk across the board. Here are some good benefits you might mention:
Securing stakeholder approval, and finally getting your fleet risk management plan across the line, is a manageable task.
By showing company leaders the perils of unpreparedness, offering some practical steps, and highlighting the advantages of outsourcing, you’ll make a convincing case. And, securing buy-in for your fleet risk management programme will be that much easier.
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