If I may throw my non-army but professional experience in here...
Correct me if I've miss heard you here...
Essentially you want to develop a system that provides each NCO accurate feedback on their performance based on a clearly defined skill set and KPIs...?
You want this feedback to come from the 3D chain. From up the chain, from down the chain, and from across the chain....?
Your goal is to see this system create a significant increase in specific performance metrics over a relatively short period of time in each individual....?
Did I butcher that well...?
Performance Management (as it’s called in the private sector) is definitely an art not a science and actually isn't that easy to do well.
From experience in the private sector, tread carefully, done well it can be the defining tool (in calaboration with other tools) for the development of your positive team culture and therefore team success. Done badly it can be quite a waste of time and possibly create a negative effect.
I haven’t been thru SFAS but have a fair idea of how the peer reviews work. What they do in SFAS won't work for performance management on a large team; a bit like how the surge in Iraq won’t necessarily work in Afghanistan.
In SFAS, it's used primarily as an
assessment tool for a very
small short lived team.
My understanding...I could be wrong....is that it is a tool for the Cadre to select not really for the individual to improve, although I understand that you do receive some feedback on the reports.
As soon as the team becomes a
large long-term team and you want to use your system for
improvement not just for assessment all the rules change.
I’d be interested to understand what exactly the Army does already in the area of Performance management…?
As a starter Google “Performance Management” and read a couple of articles, just to give you some ideas. Wikipedia gives a nice little brief on it.
Performance Management
Organizational Development
Just some thoughts and hope that helps a little.
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