Possessing the correct skill-sets for a position in todays economy is absolutely essential but its not enough to be a star performer. With so much emphasis on job qualifications, its easy to give little thought to certain personal qualities that, when combined with outstanding competencies, result in extraordinary performance.
And its the star performers that are missing today. In a recent study of 600,000 people, Indiana Universitys Kelley School of Business found that individual performance doesnt fall on a bell curve. Rather, the researchers found a power-law distribution, with a few elite performers contributing the most to the productivity of an organization.
