2026-06-29
Evaluation for small teams: start from daily facts rather than a complex system
However fine an evaluation system, it's meaningless if you can't run it. A realistic way for small companies and single teams to build evaluation from the facts in daily reports, without relying on a complex system.
The trap of a system that collapses
Copy a large company's evaluation system as-is and too many items make it unrunnable under the operating load. Building the system becomes the goal itself, the field is buried in form-filling, and the dialogue that matters withers — a common collapse in small organizations.
Start from 'leave the facts'
Before building an elaborate evaluation sheet, start by leaving daily facts in the report. With the evidence of when someone worked on what and how they reflected, the form of evaluation can be assembled later. The order is facts first, system second.
One axis: who you want them to become
Rather than adding evaluation items, make one coaching policy — 'how you want them to grow this term' — the single yardstick. The simpler the axis, the longer it runs, and the easier it is for both sides to share the criterion. Many axes usually go unused.
Build the system while growing it
There's no need to wait for a finished system. Start small, run it, and review and update each quarter. On the premise that the axis of evaluation changes as the business and people change, growing the system itself is more realistic for a small company.
A tool for a culture of improvement and fair evaluation that implements these ideas.