Building "The Best Team'.(LEADERS & SUCCESS)(IBD'S 10 SECRETS TO SUCCESS)

Byline: Robin Grugal

2 If your goal is to take your business or department to the next level and create something really special, you'd better start with the right people. That's a no-brainer, right?

History shows that leaders of some of the greatest companies, such as Wells Fargo, go a step further: They put staffing ahead of setting a direction, vision or strategy.

"The executives who ignited the transformations from good to great did not first figure out where to drive the bus and then get people to take it there," said Jim Collins in "Good to Great." "No, they first got the right people on the bus (and the wrong people off the bus) and then …