Your manager needs X number of direct reports to get promoted.
If those people move to dedicated teams, do they still count as "their" reports?
In many organizations: No.
So what happens? Managers resist dedicated teams, not because they're bad managers, but because the promotion system punishes them for doing the right thing.
This is what I call a "perverse incentive." And until we name it, we can't fix it.
The path forward isn't to blame individuals. It's to redesign the incentive structures that create these dysfunctions.
Dave Sharrock and Peter Maddison unpack this and other hidden blockers in our latest episode.
🎧 Listen on Buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1643821/episodes/18015807 📺 Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/dEUeVydU_pY
What dysfunctions have you seen blocking agile adoption? Drop them in the comments.
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