peer groups in agile environments
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Session about Peer Group in Agile Environments at LAST Conference 2014 in Melbourne, Australia with Victoria and Bernd Schiffer. Session recording on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FltOcEu1y8 Within the modern work environment, feedback on one’s own performance is essential - and hard to come by! The employee might receive it once a year, if his line manager is not too busy. But that’s far from what the employee needs to grow and what the business needs to flourish. Without feedback, adaptation and eventually improvement is impossible. Peer groups are an effective construct to provide honest and practical feedback. They are a serious alternative for performance appraisals. In this session, we present implementations of peer group systems in various Australian and international companies, from simpler feedback rounds within teams up to complex companywide peer groups systems as a complete replacement for performance appraisals.TRANSCRIPT
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in Agile EnvironmentsPeer Groups
Victoria SchifferBernd Schiffer
LAST Conference Melbourne 11/07/2014
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Boss & Mrs Minion
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Performance reviews only once a year, not timelyProblem: Infrequent
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Problem: CentralBoss is single point of awesomeness
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Quite some superficial feedback later…Time Lapse
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Past and problem oriented feedback onlyProblem: Past & Negative
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Direct coupling of feedback conversation and salary negotiationProblem: Salary Focussed
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•positive, •future-oriented, •decentralised, •frequent, and •personal growth enabling
•classical, •negative, •past-oriented, •centralised, and • infrequent top-down…
Peer groups is a
alternative to
performance reviews.
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Feedback is the breakfast for champions.
— Ken Blanchard
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The road to self-insight really runs through other people.
— David Dunning
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Other Peer-Group UsersAll these companies use peer groups in different ways
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old newnegative focus positive focuspast oriented future oriented
centralised decentralisedinfrequent frequent
weaknesses and gaps strength and growthsuperficial profound
tightly coupled with salary loosely coupled with salary
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•positive, •future-oriented, •decentralised, •frequent, and •personal growth enabling
•classical, •negative, •past-oriented, •centralised, and • infrequent top-down…
Peer groups is a
alternative to
performance reviews.
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How to start? Action! First steps…What can you do?
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Appreciations / Emotional Bank accountWhy? Trust. How? Use in retros. (cf. John Gottman)
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A way to assess and expose your (teams’) strengthsStrengths Finder
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Peer-feedback sessionsFrequently. Self-selected. Optional.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL45pVdsRvEFrans de Waal: Moral behavior in animals
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FairnessBetter understanding and acceptance of feedback through peers.
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•positive, •future-oriented, •decentralised, •frequent, and •personal growth enabling
•classical, •negative, •past-oriented, •centralised, and • infrequent top-down…
Peer groups is a
alternative to
performance reviews.
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in Agile EnvironmentsPeer Groups
Victoria Schiffer
Bernd Schiffer
LAST Conference Melbourne 11/07/2014
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