How to Develop an All-Star Management Team

Perhaps this story sounds familiar – after months or years of hard work, your business is growing rapidly. In fact, it has begun to demand so much of your time that it is starting to feel like the wheels are going to fall off the proverbial bus. The next logical step is to augment your skill set with people who are more effective than you are in at least one discipline by forming an executive team. However, you may not know how to start this process. How should you break up the different roles? What intangibles should you look for in candidates? Which executive roles should you hire for first?