Building an A Team It's important to support all your team members, regardless of where each person is on the journey to mastery. Ask yourself, Would a wise investor put all her money into just one or two companies? The answer is a hard no. Likewise, a wise leader wouldn't stake a team's success on just a few employees in the sweet spot. You want people who have a variety of aptitudes and ambitions, and you want a balanced portfolio of people at different stages of growth. People in mastery have deep experience, people at the launch point bring fresh perspectives, and those in the sweet spot have both the enthusiasm and competence to breathe life into a project. Although every team is different, many look like a bell curve, with most members in the sweet spot at any given time and a small percentage of people at the launch point and in mastery. When putting together a team, smart lead- ers make sure they have people on all major phases of the curvewhat I call a matched team