It is that part of the year for a lot of people at various organizations where managers provide feedback and rate individuals on their performance during the previous year. I am sure we have seen the “Bell Curve” at some point in time of our work lives or may be part of school grading systems (Some schools also use the bell curve to grade students).
Through my experience in Lean & Agile I have come to believe that Lean & Agile values more:
- Cross functional Teams as against functionally silo teams.
- Self-organizing Teams as against directed teams.
- Empowered Teams as against Teams working under command and control.
- High Performing teams as against top performers.
I have always looked at the above as the Manifestos for High Performing Agile Teams.
A lot of organizations are still challenged with the superficial problem of how we fit Lean and Agile teams on “The Bell Curve”. Ideally I would like teams to be graded rather than individuals and this should work provided team members are fine to be graded as teams.
If you have tried something similar or are already thinking about it I would like to learn from your experiences in solving this problem.
Please share your thoughts.
Through my experience in Lean & Agile I have come to believe that Lean & Agile values more:
- Cross functional Teams as against functionally silo teams.
- Self-organizing Teams as against directed teams.
- Empowered Teams as against Teams working under command and control.
- High Performing teams as against top performers.
I have always looked at the above as the Manifestos for High Performing Agile Teams.
A lot of organizations are still challenged with the superficial problem of how we fit Lean and Agile teams on “The Bell Curve”. Ideally I would like teams to be graded rather than individuals and this should work provided team members are fine to be graded as teams.
If you have tried something similar or are already thinking about it I would like to learn from your experiences in solving this problem.
Please share your thoughts.
