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3 C’s of Employee Development

by Lisa Pustelak, NWIRC, Strategic Planning & Culture Development Specialist With a desperate need for workforce by many companies and industries, is your company known as a “go to” for employment in your community? If not, why? How do your…

The Three C’s of Employee Development

by Lisa Pustelak, NWIRC Employee Development Specialist and Strategic Business Advisor With a desperate need for workforce by many companies and industries, is your company known as a ‘go to’ for employment in your community? If not, why? How do…

Northwest Commission Planning DYNET 2018 in Erie

Dynamic Networking for Small Business (“DyNet”) is returning to Erie in August. It’s a government contracting training event offered by the Northwest Commission Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC), with support from the Small Business Administration and the U.S. Army Corps…

Maintaining Your Quality Certifications

If you’re a manufacturer in northwestern Pennsylvania either maintaining or striving for a specific quality certification, Northwest Industrial Resource Center is here for training employees or onsite assistance. Check our training schedule regularly for internal auditor courses scheduled within our…

Wax On, Wax Off- Coaching Kata

by Bob Zaruta, President/CEO, NWIRC Last month, readers were introduced to kata – a deliberate pattern of structured routine to learn, improve, and master specific skill sets. Regardless if the targeted skill is a specific martial art, a musical instrument,…

Critical Thinking is a Choice

by Lisa Pustelak, Employee Development Specialist, LEDGE Enterprises In this world of instant gratification, we need to be extra careful of the way we think. Critical thinking skills continue to decline as we get used to a ‘quick fix’ for…

Failure Modes Training Scheduled for Meadville

A failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) training is scheduled for September 12, 2017 in Meadville. FMEA helps uncover potential failures before they occur while investigating at-risk processes, components, or whole products. An upcoming training class offered by Northwest Industrial…