Unleashing the Power of Record Breaking for Improved Team Performance: The BaR Concept
How often have you found yourself in a situation where a machine is underperforming, or your team is falling short of its targets? When faced with such challenges, how do you motivate and engage your team to do better?
We have a solution: the BaR (Break a Record) Concept. It’s a methodology that harnesses the power of employee engagement through challenging team-building activities to improve performance. The BaR Concept is a continuous improvement mindset that takes advantage of the human reaction to challenge and enhances employee engagement to drive process improvement. The idea is that when a team or individual is challenged to surpass their personal best for a limited time, they will rise to the challenge and achieve record-breaking performance.
The BaR Cycle is a three-phase methodology designed to improve team performance through BaR Events. BaR Events are team-building activities that challenge the team to break a record within a limited time frame. After the event, the team identifies the winning moves that allowed them to break the record and then integrates these improvements into their process as standard operating procedure to maintain the improved performance.
We put the BaR Cycle to the test and here’s what happened:
We targeted a machine that was consistently underperforming and falling short of its target. The machine was operating on three shifts, 24 hours a day, with an average output of 36,000 pieces, far below its expected target of 40,000 units.
So, we challenged the three crews to break their personal best by at least 10% during a BaR Event. The best they had ever done was 38,586 pieces in 24 hours. We set a target for the BaR Event of 42,500 pieces over the three shifts and gave the teams four weeks to prepare.
During the BaR Event, the team achieved an incredible 46,500 pieces, exceeding the target by 4,000 pieces. After the event, the team identified the winning moves that allowed them to break the record. By incorporating these improvements into their process, they were able to sustain an average performance of 40,800 pieces, a 13% improvement from their pre-BaR Event performance of 36,000 pieces.
Breaking the 46,500 pieces record was a significant accomplishment, but the real success was the engagement of all employees. They were excited to come to work and were fully invested in helping the BaR Team achieve the target. The crews were motivated, energetic, and worked together to break the record. This BaR Event also had a ripple effect, as other teams were inspired to break their own records and improve their performance.
So, would you be willing to organize a BaR Event to improve your team’s performance?”
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