About TechStar Training

Founded by Hop Howlett in 1988, TechStar Training is a unique training and publishing company devoted to teaching industrial facility staffs the value of systematic operations, effective equipment maintenance, and impactful leadership.

 

TechStar focuses on improving human performance through the analysis of industrial mishaps. By emphasizing the importance of skills such as pre-job briefings, standardized procedures, critical parameter monitoring, and independent verification, facility personnel learn productive processes that disrupt the accumulation of critical accident-contributing factors.

 

Since industrial team performance is not simply founded on technical competence, TechStar staff are also staunch believers in the importance of common-sense leadership. They emphasize the need to balance technical competence with people competence. In that vein, TechStar developed visual and practical leadership content designed to illustrate effective and ineffective leadership in real organizational contexts.

 

The principles of trustworthy leadership — whether soft or tough in style — are guided by basic leadership actions that serve the team first. This leadership philosophy is regularly cited by clients as among the most valuable industrial training they have received.