We are an organisational development consultancy containing a core of 5 full time consultants with access to a contractual fringe of 20 or so associate consultants whom we sell in. Easy to check whether your colleagues are working hard on the important issues An easy, clear metric. Danger of lip service paid to other important activities like developing associates, developing web products, writing and developing new services and programmes etc etc.
People start to withhold co-operation if it helps somebody else get ahead.
Whole may become greater than the sum of the parts. Disadvantages Loss of urgency, after all only the team results are measured. This message and any document attached is strictly confidential and is intended only for the addressee unless otherwise indicated.