'proactive means' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to describe the action that someone has taken in order to achieve a specific goal, such as, "John has been very proactive in finding a new job, which means he has been actively searching for and applying to job openings."
Being proactive means identifying where climate change creates long-term risks and opportunities.
We need to consider proactive means to protect the information environment that we have created from long-term externalities that are not immediately apparent.
The historian Jessica Weiss, in a 2012 paper called "Fraud of Femininity" (a reference to the title of an excerpt from "The Feminine Mystique" published in McCall's), traced the book's impact on conservative women, who saw the embrace of domesticity not as a backward-looking defense of tradition but "a positive, proactive means of countering social disintegration" and national decline.
Being proactive means controlling the situation by causing action rather than waiting to respond to an event.
This move from reactive to proactive means that researchers have a better chance of getting it right the first time.
Issues SSQI Readiness Level Strategic intent - Six Sigma implementation as a proactive means for improving competitive position vs. Six Sigma as a reactive strategy to stave off future disaster (e.g. the case of Motorola).
The need to be proactive meant having dedicated departments continuously scanning and monitoring "the social and political forces that might affect the corporation" and getting out in front of legislation or competitors when issues were percolating.
Compassion, therefore, is more proactive, which means we can make a habit of it.
Compassion, therefore, is more proactive, which means that we can consciously make a habit of it.
Adaptation, in the proactive sense, means watching for the next wave that is coming, figuring out what shape it will take, and positioning the company to take advantage of it.
4) Of course, being proactive also means not hiring people who are volatile, unstable, or have a history of violence.
