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Samsara Publishes e-Book for Commercial Fleet Safety
"Driver Coaching: Best Practices & Frameworks for Success," a free e-book download on Samsara’s website, provides tips from transportation professionals.
May 22, 2024
Samsara, working with Together for Safer Roads, has produced a free e-book with best practices and tips for driver coaching.
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Together for Safer Roads (TSR) has partnered with Samsara to support the publication of Samsara’s new e-book aimed at enhancing safety and performance for operators and drivers within commercial fleets. The publication is a free download available on Samsara’s website.
"We are thrilled to collaborate with TSR and industry leaders in creating this essential resource for the industry," said Ingo Wiegand, vice president of product, safety at Samsara. "By combining our expertise in AI-based safety solutions with TSR's commitment to road safety, we believe this e-book will make a significant impact in promoting safer roads and improving driver performance."
TSR said the 27-page e-book, "Driver Coaching: Best Practices & Frameworks for Success," is designed to empower safety managers, directors, and coaches of commercial drivers with practical advice and industry best practices.
It offers insights from seasoned experts, examples from successful organizations, and actionable strategies to improve driver safety and efficiency.
"Driver safety and efficiency is often top of mind for fleet and safety leaders – but practical advice on how to implement and improve a proactive driver coaching program can be hard to find," said Peter Goldwasser, executive director of Together for Safer Roads. "That’s why we worked with Samsara to help them develop 'Driver Coaching: Best Practices & Frameworks for Success.'”
Details of Key Guidance Found in the e-Book
According to TSR, the e-book provides guidance in several key areas, including:
Program Design: Learn how to create or refine a driver coaching program that is built to last. Whether starting a program from the ground up or optimizing an existing one, leverage program design advice from Samsara’s largest customers across transportation and logistics, food and beverage construction, and public sector, to build an effective and sustainable coaching experience.
Change Management and Implementation: Learn tips on how to build driver and union buy-in, root your coaching in unbiased assessment, and keep your feedback personalized as you scale your program. Follow proven best practices for change management to ensure a smooth and successful program rollout.
Effective Coaching Frameworks: Discover the proven frameworks that make coaching successful and use sample coaching workflows to create a clear and consistent foundation for your program.
The e-book also includes practical tips, tactical checklists, sample coaching workflows, and more to help organizations build effective and sustainable coaching programs tailored to their unique needs.
Contributing Companies & Organizations
The list of all contributing companies and organizations includes:
All Aboard America
Chalk Mountain Services
City of Memphis
City of Sacramento
DHL’s Express & Supply Chain Divisions
Fraley & Schilling
Kreilkamp Trucking
Rasmussen Group
RelaDyne
Univar Solutions
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