The Chess Not Checkers project set out to discover the "secrets" of High Performance Organizations (HPO). Our team spent years to determine what separates the best from all the rest. In the end, we identified four primary "moves" all HPOs make... They Bet on Leadership, Act as One, Win the Heart and Excel at Execution. But, this was not enough; we wanted to know HOW they do these things so well. The answers lie in their "Best Practices." Today we explore one of those practices - HPOs Build the Bench!