Nurture the B Team

摘要

It's always about the stars, the A players on the fast track to bonuses, promotions and glory. IT leaders will do nearly anything to get them ― and keep them. But what about the rest of us? In this month's Harvard Business Review, Vineeta Vija-yaraghavan and Thomas J. DeLong posit that a company's long-term performance and even survival really depend much more on the B players, those steady, capable performers outside the spotlight. Vijayaragha-van, a consultant at Kat-zenbach Partners LLC, an organizational strategy firm in New York, talked with Kathleen Melymuka about the vital contributions of these "best supporting actors" and how to make sure you're not taking them for granted.