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Proactive Technologies Report – August, 2022

Piece-Part Incentives Gone Wrong by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc. Sometimes we are tempted to take the easy route, even though it may cost more in the end, offer much less on the path to the desired outcome…

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Proactive Technologies Report – July, 2022

Is It Possible to Improve Worker Performance Without Documented Task Mastery? by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc. W. Edwards Deming said, “We are being ruined by the best efforts of people who are doing the wrong thing.” The inefficiencies,…

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Proactive Technologies Report – June, 2022

Appreciating the Value of Labor by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc. For expanding and improving businesses that have the capital for the investment in new equipment or processes, attempting to become or remain competitive, the level of investment…

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Proactive Technologies Report – May, 2022

Tips for Establishing Your Company’s Training Strategy – Practical, Measurable, Extremely Economical and Scalable by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc. For most companies, an in-house training center doesn’t have to be brick and mortar, and doesn’t necessarily require…

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Proactive Technologies Report – April, 2022

Economic Development Opportunities – An Important Incentive in Attracting Companies to Your Region by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc. According to Ed Timmons, CEO of the National Association of Manufacturers, “our labor costs in the U.S. are still…

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Proactive Technologies Report – March, 2022

Recent Supply Chain Disruptions: Re-shoring Work to a Disrupted Workforce the Next Challenge, but Surmountable by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc. No doubt about it, with the Crash of 2008 and the Covid-19 Crisis of 2020 most businesses…

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Proactive Technologies Report – February, 2022

Technique is Important to Successful Task-based Training by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc. Generally speaking, the most prevalent form of worker training – for any job classification, any industry – is informal, unstructured on-the-job training. That unmeasurable, unimprovable…

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Proactive Technologies Report – January, 2022

Preparing for the New Workforce Reality by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc. My experience in helping employers with their worker development programs for decades has led me to make a generalization that I believe to be true. Many…

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Proactive Technologies Report – December, 2021

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…

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Proactive Technologies Report – November, 2021

Understanding the Important Difference Between Classroom, Online and On-The-Job Training by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc. In a past issue of Proactive Technologies Report article entitled, “Thirteen Good Reasons Why Structured On-The-Job Training Should Be Part of Your…

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