If you're having a hard time resolving a problem, take a proactive approach and (politely) suggest a solution.
When the job market is tight, we need to be proactive.
The airports say they had few stranded passengers as airlines' proactive cancellations and news reports kept travelers away.
My wife and I decided to be proactive -- and selective -- in my job search.
But proactive maneuvers such as providing a cell phone lounge in restaurants may help mitigate cell wars.
It would have been proactive to have read the 17 pages.
You are also going to have to be proactive in writing to people.
While they claim they never received complaints from the passenger, they should have been more proactive in helping her out.
The regulator wants to become more proactive in spotting problems with the strategies of individual firms.
It's a very powerful proactive way to deal with health.
British Dictionary definitions for proactive
proactive
/prəʊˈæktɪv/
adjective
1.
tending to initiate change rather than reacting to events
2.
(psychol) of or denoting a mental process that affects a subsequent process
Word Origin
C20: from pro-² + (re)active
Word Origin and History for proactive
adj.
also pro-active, of persons or policies, as an opposition to reactive, 1921, from pro- + active. From 1933, in psychology (learning theory). Related: Proactively; proactiveness; proactivity.