The Fleet Success Show

By RTA, Josh Turley

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Welcome to the Fleet Success Show, a podcast dedicated to talking about the fundamentals, standards, and best practices that empower today's fleets to achieve fleet success. Let's get into the show!

Episode Date
Episode 206: Fleet Leaders Reveal the Software They’d NEVER Use Again
Dec 11, 2025
Episode 205: The 3Ws of Fleet: Right-Sizing Your Team, Tools, and Tech for Long-Term Success
Dec 04, 2025
Episode 204: Connect 2025 - Workload, Workforce, Workplace: Rightsizing Is More than Just for Fleet Assets
Nov 27, 2025
Episode 203: Fleet Leader AMA: What Top Fleets Do Differently (Live from Connect 2025)
Nov 20, 2025
Episode 202: Fleet Management 101: The Critical Metrics That Separate Good Fleets From Great Ones
Nov 13, 2025
Episode 201: From Wrenches to Strategy: Why Fleet Managers Need Out of the Bay
Nov 06, 2025
Episode 200: Fleet Success: What We’ve Learned over 200 Episodes and Why Culture Always Wins
Oct 30, 2025
Episode 199: The Truth About Fleet Tech Shortages That No One Wants to Admit
Oct 23, 2025
Episode 198: What Fleet Managers Get Wrong About Replacement, Rightsizing & Staffing
Oct 16, 2025
Episode 197: From the Shop Floor to the Top 100: Dave Persad's Relentless Pursuit of Fleet Excellence
Oct 09, 2025
Episode 196: How to Go from Turning Wrenches to Calling Shots in Fleet
Oct 02, 2025
Episode 195: The Million Dollar Mistake: How Contaminated Fuel Took Down 110 Fleet Engines
Sep 25, 2025
Episode 194: Eliminating Dysfunction: Building Trust and Team Health in Fleet Organizations
Sep 18, 2025
Episode 193: Lost Assets, Legal Nightmares & Fleet Creep: Why You Must Do a Physical Vehicle Inventory
Sep 11, 2025
Episode 192: The #1 Mistake Fleets Make with Safety (and How to Fix It)
Sep 04, 2025
Episode 191: The $400K Mistake Most School Districts Are About to Make
Aug 28, 2025
Episode 190: The Fleet Manager’s Guide to Burning Old Data Without Burning Bridges
Aug 21, 2025
Episode 189: The Hidden Perks of RTA Connect (That Aren’t on the Agenda)
Aug 14, 2025
Episode 188: Blame Steve: The Fleet Episode That Might Get You Promoted
Aug 07, 2025
Episode 187: Get to a Trade Show, Or Get a New Job
Jul 31, 2025
Episode 186: Don’t Trust Your Invoices! The Dangers of Outsourcing without Oversight
Jul 24, 2025
Episode 185: Underdog to MVP: Promoting Yourself (and Your Fleet) the Right Way
Jul 17, 2025
Episode 184: Fleet Math is Sexy (And It Might Just Save Your Job)
Jul 10, 2025
Episode 183: How UCLA Electrified Their Fleet—Without Electrocuting Their Budget
Jul 03, 2025
Episode 182: From the Shop Floor to the Forest Service: One Fleet Manager’s Epic Ride
Jun 26, 2025
Episode 181: You Can Be Right or You Can Have a Fleet: Budget Cuts for Grown-Ups
Jun 19, 2025
Episode 180: From Budget Cubicle to Fleet Jungle: One Fleet Manager’s Wild Ride to the Top of Public Works
Jun 12, 2025
Episode 179: Fleet Stress: The Hidden Costs Killing Your Fleet (and How to Find Them)
Jun 05, 2025
Episode 178: Fleet Culture That Works: How to Build Team Morale Without Breaking the Budget
May 29, 2025
Episode 177: When Fleet Outsourcing Fails: How to Use SLAs, Track Comebacks, and Regain Control
May 22, 2025
Episode 176: Fleet Coaching: How to Develop Technicians Into Tomorrow’s Fleet Leaders
May 15, 2025
Episode 175: The Power of Class Coding: Why Your Fleet Data Depends on It
May 08, 2025
Episode 174: Off-Road Leadership: Fleet Success Lessons from Baja California
May 01, 2025
Episode 173: Fleet Horror Stories: Fires, Failures & Frozen Garbage Trucks
Apr 24, 2025
Episode 172: The Power of Association – A Conversation with NAFA CEO Bill Schankel
Apr 17, 2025
Episode 171: “I’m a Fleet Manager, Now What?” Bridging the Knowledge Gap in Modern Fleet Leadership
Apr 10, 2025
Episode 170: Fleet Rookie Mistakes (We Made Them So You Don’t Have To) - Advice from Award-Winning Fleet Managers
Apr 03, 2025
Episode 169: Parts Management: The Hidden Goldmine in Fleet Efficiency
Mar 27, 2025
Episode 168: How to Fix a Broken Fleet in Six Months: Secrets from Fleet Whisperer Steve Saltzgiver
Mar 20, 2025
Episode 167: Why Fleet Techs Are Leaving – And How to Keep Them
Mar 13, 2025
Episode 166: Mandates, Mayhem, and Managing Fleets: What Keeps Fleet Managers Up at Night, with Special Guest Mike Kastner from NTEA
Mar 06, 2025
Episode 165: Why Your Fleet Software Implementation Is Doomed: The 5 Biggest Pitfalls to Avoid
Feb 27, 2025
Episode 164: The Cost of Doing Nothing: Why Delaying an FMIS Hurts Your Fleet
Feb 20, 2025
Episode 163: "The Making of a Fleet Manager of the Year" with Sara Burnam
Feb 13, 2025
Episode 162: Fleet Challenges Uncovered: Navigating EV Costs, CARB Regulations, and the Technician Shortage
Feb 06, 2025
Episode 161: Don't Judge a Book by its Cover: The Fleet Success Playbook Book Club
Jan 30, 2025
Throwback 011: What Metrics Should I Use to Measure Fleet Success?
Jan 23, 2025
Episode 160: Past, Present, and Future of Fleet | 2024 Recap & 2025 Predictions
Jan 16, 2025
Episode 159: Connect Keynote: Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Turley
Jan 09, 2025
Episode 158: Connect Keynote: The 7 Ls of Leadership with Mike Pitcher
Jan 02, 2025
Episode 157: Connect Keynote: RTA Product Roadmap
Dec 19, 2024
Throwback: 010: Net Promoter Score: Why Your Fleet Should Adopt This SaaS Practice
Dec 12, 2024
Episode 156: Your Fleet’s Dashboard Shouldn’t Look Like a NASA Control Room: Managing Data Overload
Dec 05, 2024
Throwback: 009: Employee Retention
Nov 28, 2024
Episode 155: The Disaster Preparedness Playbook
Nov 21, 2024
Episode 154: The Truth about EV Costs: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly Pt2
Nov 14, 2024
Throwback 008: How to Create an Intentional Culture at Your Fleet Operation
Nov 07, 2024
Episode 153: The Truth about EV Costs: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly, Pt1
Oct 31, 2024
Throwback: Episode 006: Leaders are Readers
Oct 24, 2024
Episode 152: You Can’t Manage Costs You Can’t See: The Importance of Billing Fleet Services the Right Way
Oct 17, 2024
Throwback 005: The Four Pillars of Fleet Success - Risk Management
Oct 10, 2024
Episode 151: Your Replacement Backlog Is Impacting Your Fleet Availability
Oct 03, 2024
Throwback: Episode 004: The Four Pillars of Fleet Success - Resource Efficiency
Sep 26, 2024
Episode 150: The Baby Boomers Are Taking Their Knowledge with Them: The Importance of Process Documentation
Sep 19, 2024
Throwback: 003: The Four Pillars of Fleet Success - Intentional Culture
Sep 12, 2024
Episode 149: Fleet Manager of the Year: You Never Know Until You Try
Sep 05, 2024
Throwback: Episode 002: The Four Pillars of Fleet Success - Stakeholder Satisfaction
Aug 29, 2024
Episode 148: Resource Efficiency: Utilization vs. Availability
Aug 22, 2024
Episode 147: Meet Scott Rood: A New Journey in Fleet Management
Aug 08, 2024
Episode 146: How Available Is Your Fleet? A Conversation with Steve Saltzgiver
Jul 25, 2024
Episode 145: 2024 Fleet Challenges & Trends: A Conversation with Tony Yankovich
Jul 11, 2024
Episode 144: Training is the Remedy for Your Fleet’s Ails
Jun 27, 2024
Episode 143: The Ethical Conundrum of the Over-Employment Trend
Jun 20, 2024
Episode 142: The Truth about EVs Part 2: The Hosts Read the Comments
Jun 14, 2024
Episode 141: Managing Turnover from the No Spin Zone
Jun 06, 2024
Episode 140: Not a Plug for Dave Ramsay’s EntreLeadership Summit
May 23, 2024
Episode 139: Spirit Week, BBQ & Cornhole—A Recipe for Fleet Success
May 17, 2024
Episode 138: Tony's NAFA Recap
May 09, 2024
Episode 137: NAFA 2024 in San Antonio
Apr 30, 2024
Episode 136: The Truth About EVs from a Fleet Expert and EV Owner
Apr 26, 2024
Episode 135: The Great Debate—Planned vs. Unplanned Maintenance
Apr 23, 2024
Episode 134: Clear Direction Leads to Accountability
Apr 11, 2024
Episode 133: The Bloodflow of Any Fleet
Apr 04, 2024
Episode 132 - Upgrading Your Fleet Maintenance Facility for the Future
Mar 28, 2024
Episode 131 - Is Culture Really Something Fleets Should Spend Time On
Mar 14, 2024
Episode 130: The Importance of Data Integrity, Accuracy, and Consistency
Mar 07, 2024
Episode 129: Your FMIS Is Being Sunset, Now What?
Feb 29, 2024
Episode 128: Fleet Management Challenges that Keep You Up at Night
Feb 15, 2024
Episode 127: Everything You Need to Know About Fleet Performance
Feb 08, 2024
Episode 126: The ABCs of Fleet Performance Metrics
Jan 30, 2024
Episode 125: 100 Best Fleets Interview with Facundo Tassara
Jan 18, 2024
Episode 124: Just Do It
Jan 11, 2024
Episode 123: 100 Best Fleets with City of Las Vegas
Jan 04, 2024
Episode 122: 100 Best Fleets: An Interview with Dan Zenger
Dec 21, 2023
Episode 121 - Fleet Consultant Mailbag: Top Questions
Dec 14, 2023
Episode 120 - So, You’ve Hired a Fleet Consultant – Now What?
Dec 07, 2023
Episode 119: Why Do You Need a Fleet Consultant?
Nov 30, 2023
Episode 118: Busting 8 Top Myths About Hiring Fleet Consultants
Nov 22, 2023
Episode 117: Scariest Financial Mistakes Fleets Make
Nov 14, 2023
Episode 116: Fleet Industry's Perfect Storm?
Sep 26, 2023
115: Electric Vehicles: Where To Begin
Sep 05, 2023
Episode 114: Ways to Cut Fleet Costs
Aug 22, 2023
Episode 113: Building a Culture
Aug 08, 2023
Episode 112: How to Get Named to the 100 Best Fleets Lists
Jul 28, 2023
Episode 111: Data Trends Your Fleet Should Adopt
Jul 14, 2023
Episode 110: Introducing the Team
Jul 04, 2023
Episode 109: Summer Fleet Tips
Jun 20, 2023
108: Accountability Partners
Jun 06, 2023
107: Benefits of a Fleet Data Analyst
May 09, 2023
Episode 106: VMRS Codes
May 02, 2023
105: How to Create an Intentional Culture at Your Fleet Operation
Apr 25, 2023
Episode 104: Volunteering
Apr 18, 2023
Episode 103: Fleet Success Summit Recap
Apr 11, 2023
102: Power of Routine
Apr 04, 2023
101: The Fire Alarm Accountability
Mar 28, 2023
100: Reflecting on 100 Episodes of Fleet Success
Mar 21, 2023
099: What Does Fleet Rightsizing Really Mean?
Mar 14, 2023
098: The Two Skills Every Shop Manager Needs To Master
Mar 07, 2023
097: Stopping the Spin on Employee Turnover Messaging
Feb 28, 2023
096: Is Your Staff Meeting Your Expectations?
Feb 21, 2023
095: Mechanic Productivity
Feb 14, 2023
094: Driver Health
Feb 07, 2023
093: Drones taking over the industry
Jan 31, 2023
092: Importance of Customer Success
Jan 24, 2023
091: Goal Sprints - 80% of New Year's resolutions fail within 1 Month
Jan 18, 2023
090: Create Engaging Trainings
Jan 10, 2023
089: The Power of Yet (Overcoming Self Doubt)
Jan 03, 2023
088: Building Blocks of Culture Preview with Sam Bradford
Dec 27, 2022
087: PMs - Scheduling/Compliance/Streamline
Dec 20, 2022
086: PMs – How often should you do them?
Dec 13, 2022
085: Proactive approach to Risk Management with Tim Ammon
Dec 06, 2022
084: Stakeholders Satisfaction with Christine Rogers
Nov 29, 2022
083: Twitter Fallout and How it relates to Fleet
Nov 22, 2022
082: Risk Management with Don Osterberg
Nov 15, 2022
081: PM Program Essentials: Checklists
Nov 08, 2022
080: Fleet Standardization: The unintended victim of supply chain woes
Nov 01, 2022
079: Lessons from 30 years of Fleet Management
Oct 25, 2022
078 - Managed or Micromanaged: How to deal
Oct 18, 2022
077 - Live from RTA Connect
Oct 11, 2022
076 - How many direct reports should I have?
Oct 04, 2022
075: Intentional Culture: From a tech's perspective
Sep 27, 2022
074: Impact of poor communication: Lessons from Artemis
Sep 20, 2022
073: FleetCon preview: Retention starts with culture
Sep 13, 2022
072: Quiet Quitting
Sep 06, 2022
071: Owner Operator Fallout
Aug 30, 2022
070: Dignity vs Performance
Aug 23, 2022
069 - Creating a Personal Brand on LinkedIn
Aug 16, 2022
068: The Stewardship of Leadership
Aug 09, 2022
067: Tips for New Managers
Aug 02, 2022
66: Stay Interviews
Jul 26, 2022
065: Great Place to Work Certification
Jul 19, 2022
064: Q&A with Steve Saltzgiver
Jul 12, 2022
063: On Air with Life Coach Rich Ruff
Jul 05, 2022
062: Democratizing Safety with CEO Rashid Galadanci of Driver Technologies
Jun 28, 2022
061: Embracing the Stigma of Mental Health
Jun 23, 2022
060: Beating the Dead Horse of Electrification
Jun 14, 2022
059: When to Hire a Coach or Consultant
Jun 07, 2022
058 - The Problem That Fleet Success Solves
May 31, 2022
057: Tackling the CAFM
May 24, 2022
056: Women in Fleet
May 17, 2022
055: It's Not (All) About the Pay
May 10, 2022
054: Weighing Liability in a Fleet Operation
May 03, 2022
053: Measuring Utilization in your Fleet
Apr 26, 2022
052: NAFA 2022 Recap + FSS 2022 Preview
Apr 19, 2022
051: NAFA I&E 2022 Preview
Apr 12, 2022
050: Looking Back at The Last 50 Episodes of The Fleet Success Show
Apr 05, 2022
049: Our thoughts on Michael Jordan's 30-year Grudge
Mar 29, 2022
048: Ron Zima with Go Green Communications Inc. (Guest Interview)
Mar 22, 2022
047: Getting to Know Josh & Anjuli Turley - Owners of RTA: The Fleet Success Company
Mar 16, 2022
046: How To Reignite the Fire In Your Team
Mar 08, 2022
045: OEMs Are Gettin' AaaS-y
Mar 01, 2022
044: In The News - EPA Report Released On Largest Fleet In The World
Feb 22, 2022
043: Our Response To "Culture Fit Is Bullsh*t"
Feb 15, 2022
042: Tracking More Than Just Vehicles In Your FMIS
Feb 08, 2022
041: What's So Hard About Soft Skills?
Feb 01, 2022
040: Technician Tool & Equipment Policies
Jan 25, 2022
039: Standard Repair Times
Jan 18, 2022
038: Protecting Your Fleet From Catalytic Converter Theft
Jan 11, 2022
037: Setting the Vision For Your Fleet in 2022
Jan 04, 2022
036: A Special Announcement From Josh & Jeff
Dec 28, 2021
035: Conducting Effective Interviews
Dec 21, 2021
034: Attributes of an Ideal Fleet Manager - Smart (Part 3 of 3)
Dec 14, 2021
033: Attributes of an Ideal Fleet Manager - Hungry (Part 2 of 3)
Dec 07, 2021
032: Attributes of an Ideal Fleet Manager - Humble (Part 1 of 3)
Nov 30, 2021
031: Preventative Maintenance vs. Corrective Maintenance
Nov 23, 2021
030: Your Culture is Shaped By What You Tolerate, Not What You Preach
Nov 16, 2021
029: Our Thoughts on Used vs. New Vehicles For Your Fleet
Nov 10, 2021
028: 5 Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni
Nov 02, 2021
027: Top 5 Things To Do As A New Fleet Manager
Oct 26, 2021
026: Regulation & Its Impact on Fleet
Oct 19, 2021
025: Autonomous Vehicles & What They Mean For Fleet
Oct 12, 2021
024: Fleet Success Show LIVE from Las Vegas! (Special Bonus Episode)
Oct 07, 2021
023: Tim Boyle From Whip Around (Guest Interview)
Oct 05, 2021
022: Speaking the Kind Truth
Sep 28, 2021
021: Michael Braband with Fleet Management 101 (Guest Interview)
Sep 21, 2021
020: Fleet Management Industry Certifications
Sep 16, 2021
019: Total Cost of Ownership & Its Impact on Procurement
Sep 07, 2021
018: Ed Smith and George Hodges-Fulton From Agile Fleet (Guest Interview)
Aug 31, 2021
017: Gossip - The Enemy of Unity
Aug 17, 2021
016: Should You Electrify Your Fleet?
Aug 10, 2021
015: How to Pick an FMIS (Fleet Management Information System)
Aug 03, 2021
014: Aaron Dunn and Michael Clements From The Trucking for Millennials Podcast (Guest Interview)
Jul 27, 2021
013: Extreme Ownership And How It Applies To Your Fleet
Jul 20, 2021
012: Why All Fleets Should Adopt A DVIR Process
Jul 13, 2021
011: What Metrics Should I Use to Measure Fleet Success?
Jul 06, 2021
010: Net Promoter Score: Why Your Fleet Should Adopt This SaaS Practice
Jun 29, 2021
009: Employee Retention
Jun 22, 2021
008: How to Create an Intentional Culture at Your Fleet Operation
Jun 15, 2021
007: Moving on from COVID
Jun 08, 2021
006: Leaders are Readers
Jun 02, 2021
005: The Four Pillars of Fleet Success - Risk Management
May 27, 2021
004: The Four Pillars of Fleet Success - Resource Efficiency
May 18, 2021
003: The Four Pillars of Fleet Success - Intentional Culture
May 11, 2021
002: The Four Pillars of Fleet Success - Stakeholder Satisfaction
May 04, 2021
001: Introducing the Fleet Success Show
Apr 28, 2021
Welcome to The Fleet Success Show!
Apr 27, 2021