Making Star Teams Out of Star Players

Everyone knows that an organization's scarcest resource is its talent. But what few people realize is that the difference between the best and the rest is enormous.

As the authors explain in "Making Star Teams Out of Star Players," in the January-February 2013 Harvard Business Review, star employees outperform others by such a huge margin.

In fields that involve repetitive, transactional tasks, top performers are typically two or three times as productive as others. And in highly specialized or creative work.....