Labor Costs Expected to Increase, So Will Challenges to Developing Workers by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc. In an article by David McCann of CFO.comentitled, “Labor Costs Will Skyrocket Over the Next Decade”, the author cited new research from…

From Innovation to Implementation – Success Depends on Preparedness of Those Executing by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc. How often does a product or service go straight from research and development to service implementation or product production? A…

Every Work Task Is A Micro Unit; Everything About the Task Should Be Trained At Same Time For Maximum Efficiency and Effectiveness by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc. In an article appearing in EHS Today entitled, “Microlearning’s Big…

The Accelerated the Transfer of Expertise™ by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc. The American Heritage Dictionary defines expertise as, “specialized knowledge or skill; see expert.” Expert is defined as, “Having or demonstrating great skill, dexterity or knowledge as…

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…