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Proactive Technologies Report – June, 2025

Tracking Documented Worker Capacity and Value Growth by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc. It is difficult for any operations manager to justify investments in worker training to the accounting manager. Without empirical evidence, the institutionalized belief by accountants

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Proactive Technologies Report – May, 2025

Contracting? Expanding? Maximizing? Protect and Grow Your Worker’s Cumulative, Valuable Process-Based Expertise by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc. Paraphrased many times and in many ways, the meaning is the same: “If you don’t know where you are going,

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Proactive Technologies Report – April, 2025

Learning, Unfortunately, The Hard Way by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc. Employers are being tested these days on their ability to respond to a rapidly changing world and maintain operational continuity. While we should have been better prepared

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Proactive Technologies Report – March, 2025

The Learning “Cost“ Versus Training “Investment“ Paradox by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc. This newsletter has written extensively about the inexplicable classification of the training a worker needs to succeed as a “cost“. It has never made much

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Proactive Technologies Report – February, 2025

Training The Skilled Labor You Need – An Investment That Keeps on Returning by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc. In a 2016 Manufacturing Institute-Deloitte survey, 82% of manufacturers surveyed reported encountering a moderate or serious shortage of skilled

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Proactive Technologies Report – January, 2025

So, You Don’t Have Time for Training. Really? 7 Myths Dispelled by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc. When meeting with manufacturing leaders, I am often first surprised, then puzzled, by the old standby reactions to the discussion of

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Proactive Technologies Report – December, 2024

Seems Like Decades Pass and the Top Worker Development Topic Remains the Same by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc. In a recent article appearing in HR Dive by Carolyn Crist entitled, “Executives and Workers Alike Say Entry-level Workers

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Proactive Technologies Report – November, 2024

Lack of Immediate “Big Win” Puts Improvements in Worker Capacity on Chopping Block…For Short-Term Focused Management Cultures by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc. Let’s face it, discussing the desperate need for worker training to build consistent performance, increased worker

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Proactive Technologies Report – October, 2024

Economic Development Opportunities – An Important Incentive in Attracting Companies to Your Region by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc. When organizations try to create new jobs in their area – working with companies that are considering moving to,

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Proactive Technologies Report – September, 2024

The Worker Development Puzzle… For Many by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc. After many years of setting up and providing technical support for employer-based structured on the job training programs, I can say with confidence that most, if

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    PTI1006 - Building a Regional Workforce Development Infrastructure: Employer-Specific for Maximum Effectiveness and Lowest Investment

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    2025-06-03

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    (Mountain Time) The philosophy behind, and development/implementation of, structured on-the-job training; how any employer can benefit from the PROTECH© system of managed human resource development in more that just the training area; building related technical instruction/structured on-the-job training partnerships for employers across all industries one-by-one. How this can become a cost-effective, cost-efficient and highly credible workforce development strategy – easy scale up by just plugging each new employer into the system. When partnering with economic development agencies, and public and private career and technical colleges and universities for the related technical instruction, this provides the most productive use of available grant funds and gives employers-employees/trainees and the project partners the biggest win for all. This model provides the support sorely needed by employers who want to partner in the development of the workforce but too often feel the efforts will not improve the workforce they need. Approx. 45 minutes

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    PTI1004 - If You Can't Find Skilled Workers, Develop Your Own

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    (Mountain Time) This briefing explains the philosophy behind, and development/implementation of, structured on-the-job training; how any employer can benefit from the PROTECH© system of human resource development in more than just the training area. This model provides the lacking support employers, who want to be able to easily and cost-effectively create the workers they require right now, need. Program supports ISO/AS/IATF compliance requirements for “knowledge(expertise)” capture, and process-based training and record keeping.  Approx 45 minutes.

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    PTI1005 - Adding Employer-Specific Structured On-The-Job Training to Your Apprenticeships

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    2025-06-03

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    (Mountain Time) The philosophy behind, and development/implementation of, structured on-the-job training; how any employer can benefit from the PROTECH© system of managed human resource development in more than just the training area; building related technical instruction/structured on-the-job training partnerships for employers across all industries and how it can become an cost-effective, cost-efficient and highly credible apprenticeship. Program supports ISO/AS/IATF compliance requirements for “knowledge(expertise)” capture, and process-based training and record keeping. When partnering with economic development agencies, public and private career and technical colleges and universities, this provides the most productive use of available grant funds and gives employers-employees/trainees and the project partners the biggest win for all. This model provides the lacking support needed to employers who want to easily and cost-effectively host an apprenticeship.  Approx. 45 minutes

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    PTI1008 - Preparing your Workers for Growth: Using Lulls Before Growth to Increase Your Worker's Capacity

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    2025-06-05

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    (Mountain Time) The philosophy behind, and development/implementation of, structured on-the-job training; how any employer can benefit from the PROTECH© system of managed human resource development in more than just the training area; building related technical instruction/structured on-the-job training programs and supporting them for employers across all industries. This approach uses the “accelerated transfer of expertise™” to quickly and completely train each incumbent worker to full job mastery. When change settles and growth returns, new-hires can be quickly developed to full job mastery to support expansion and cross-training of each worker conducted and controlled. Program supports ISO/AS/IATF and Nadcap compliance requirements for “knowledge(expertise)” capture, and process-based training and record keeping. Approx. 45 minutes

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    PTI1007 - Structured On-the-Job Training Supports ISO/AS/IATF Process Training Requirement Compliance

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    2025-06-05

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    (Mountain Time) The philosophy behind, and development/implementation of, structured on-the-job training; how any employer can benefit from the PROTECH© system of managed human resource development in more that just the training area; building related technical instruction/structured on-the-job training programs and supporting them for employers across all industries. ISO/AS/IATF, Nadcap and similar quality programs have a requirement that: standardize work processes guide quality, auditable task performance; training matches the process; training is documented for each worker; and a system is in place to ensure all are up to date and in sync. Program supports ISO/AS/IATF and Nadcap compliance requirements for “knowledge(expertise)” capture. In addition to hiring, structured on-the-job training and performance evaluation instruments, PROTECH produces reports such as Technical Document (best practice for each task), Qualification/ Certification Checklists and more. One-revision updates all materials! Efforts like Lean, Kaisen, continuous improvement strategies all can render a lesser model obsolete and non-compliant in a few months. This model provides the lacking support needed to employers who want to easily and cost-effectively establish and maintain compliance. Approx. 45 minutes

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