Gerard Wood is a maintenance leader, coach, and author with over 40 years of experience spanning the workshop floor to global asset management leadership. Beginning his career as a tradie and progressing to leading maintenance performance across multiple businesses worldwide, Gerard has lived every layer of the industry. His philosophy is simple: reliability is driven by skilled people doing quality work, not by reports, dashboards, or meetings. Through decades of lifting site performance under real-world pressure, Gerard has seen firsthand that nothing improves reliability faster than quality trades work supported by strong, grounded leadership. This belief led him to write his books and establish Turbo Leadership Coaching, where he provides practical, experience-based mentorship to maintenance managers and asset leaders. Gerard’s mission is to elevate trades culture, strengthen leadership capability, and help maintenance professionals lead with confidence, clarity, and pride in craftsmanship.