> seemingly counterintuitive notion that organizations could best encourage effective individual performance by rewarding team performance This works in both d

> seemingly counterintuitive notion that organizations could best encourage effective individual performance by rewarding team performance This works in both directions, unfortunately & almost always accelerates your current direction. If the team is starting to fall behind, the employees who are the high end of the scale start to lose motivation or develop resentment towards those who are not pulling their weight. Rational decisions can sometimes be the wrong one in a prisoner's dilemma.