The Financial Times: The right number of stars for a team

Anyone who has worked with a prima donna – and hasn’t everyone? – should study the latest career moves of Kevin Pietersen and Robin van Persie… Mark de Rond of Cambridge’s Judge Business School points out that stars often work well in a supportive network of competent performers. As he told me: “People are willing to put up with prima donnas, provided they get a return on [the stars’] performance.”…”

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