Ever want to be a STAR?

Zion Industries values their employees and wants to show appreciation for good works.  We have a program called STARZ … each of our three plants participates in this employee driven system.  Management appreciation is typically slow in coming and sometimes misses the most worthy.

The STARZ program accepts nominations from our workers’ peers.  The criteria are revolved around the core values which Zion Industries hold dear.  Those core values are: Devoted to Honesty, Passionate for the Customer, Committed to Quality, and Dedicated to Family.  Each team member can nominate another for a single act or continuous efforts related to those core values.  The system rewards the winner of the month’s STARZ award for each plant.

Here in North Carolina we have modified this approach and called it “Employee of the Month”.  This modification adds a reward to the normal half of a day off with pay. North Carolina added designating a special parking place, closest to the door and when selected we arrange for a catered lunch to be provided at award time for that special employee.

We strive to show appreciation, as the core value of Dedicated to Family keeps us looking out for each other.  The customer benefits by the continuous improvements that are a fall out of this recognition program.

Gary Wolf
Plant Manager
North Carolina Plant