We Have Enough Evidence: Without Employer-Based Structured OJT, Worker Development Falls Way Short by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc. As a nation, we have become accustomed to kicking the can down the road. Maybe not deliberately, we appear…

Explaining Your Process Training to Auditors, Prospects and Clients by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc.  For most organizations, the general notion of training is going on in every corner of the organization, for every worker at any time of…

Eight Scenarios That Would Make You Wish You Had a Structured OJT System by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc. I think one can confidently say that most employer’s focus on training the workers they need – to perform…

Maximizing Worker Capacity Maximizes Shareholder Value…If Done Right by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc. To many, “maximizing shareholder value” has become synonymous with layoffs and short-term cuts that will typically have harmful affects on long-term operational capacity. An…

Worker Capacity; Malperformance Cause-Effect by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc. How often do we stop and ask ourselves why a worker is malperforming, under-performing or over-achieving? My guess is far too infrequently. Perhaps it is because of the…

Understanding the Resistance to Training: Part 2, Meeting the Challenge by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc. In part 1 of this series entitled,”Understanding the Resistance to Training: The Challenge,” I started the discussion of how an organization that is…

Understanding the Resistance to Training: Part 1, The Challenge by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc. As with any club or organization, a business operation can be a fertile ground for the development of “turfs” and inter-departmental rivalries. We…

Confusion Over What Constitutes “Training” is  Stumbling Block to Effective Strategies by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc. For the anyone searching for information to help them choose a worker development strategy, a web search of “on-the-job training methods”…

Supervisors and First Line Management Need Structured On-The-Job Training, Too by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc. It seems every organization is scrambling to “lean” the operation these days. This implies producing the same amount of output, or more,…

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, expanding to…