Month: September 2014

[starbox] The final quarter of my performance review system measures the creativity a person brings to their job. Some might argue that many jobs don’t […]

[starbox] I don’t know many people who enjoy working with crabby co-workers. Attitude is a key element in team chemistry, so my evaluation system allocates […]

[starbox] The second step in my performance evaluation procedure looks at the effort a team member puts into his or her job. From our first […]

[starbox] If the work isn’t getting done, every job on the team is at risk. This is why my evaluation system starts by looking at […]

[starbox] I seldom dreaded report card day while in school, but found the annual review process in the workplace to be uncomfortable but necessary. In […]

[starbox] Yesterday marked a day 13 years ago on which the world changed for all of us. Time forever more to be marked as “before” […]

[starbox] As mentioned before in this space, the bi-annual International Machine Tool Show (IMTS) is back in Chicago (September 8 – 3th). I’ll be in […]

[starbox] September has traditionally been a time of new beginnings. We were programmed for this from our first days in school and, like salmon imprinted […]

[starbox] Coming off the Labor Day weekend, I had time to reflect on what the holiday means beyond marking the end of summer, retiring (for […]