With my sincere thanks for your readership during this past year, I wish you nothing but the best during the holidays and for the new year. I’m taking some time with family and look forward to renewing our pursuit of management and leadership excellence in 2012!
A plant closing unleashes a flood of family memories
When the headline is personal It’s rare that a story headline in my morning reads jolts me awake. This one in the WSJ did. "Storied Toolmaker Closes Its Last Hometown Plant — and Blames Its Tape Measures." (Tiered paywall) The news that Stanley (now Stanley Black...

