It was an outstanding performance, but would like to see him get in done in the morning.

He basically has a patent on that type of performance. He's done a great job as a both a closer and set-up man for us before, so it was nice to see him pitch well as a starter, too.

That was the best performance we've seen this year by anybody. She shot it well, penetrated well, read what we did to her well. She's got another level of ball pressure.

There is some performance-chasing going on.

This alliance has significant strategic benefits for any organization pursuing competency-based performance management. The set of competencies that a company chooses to measure and reward is a strategic business tool. Competencies help align individual objectives to strategy – and employee performance management makes sure the strategy gets executed.

The Coast Guard's performance in the terrible devastation that occurred illustrates not only the competence and the courage, but it also reminds us that too often we have taken the Coast Guard for granted.