There are people who always do what they say they’re going to do.

The may miss the odd outcome goal – because nobody hits a homer every time – but they work to deadlines and meet all their process goals, and, yep, they hit home runs too.

These are the people you want on your team, and if you’re one of them, good people will want to join it too.

Then there are people who make it more of a lottery.

The might do what they say (or not), they sometimes do things on schedule (probably not), and (just by statistical averages) they may even knock it out of the park once in a while.

And we love that, however it comes about.

And you might even convince yourself an occasional good thing makes up for all the day-to-day disappointments. It doesn’t.

Skippy strategy: The not so secret of great teams; consistency.