[pjackson]

This is a particularly interesting topic for Agile teams. Letting a team self-organize sometimes leads to a team wanting to "self-organize someone off the team".

I've had my Scrum masters come to me twice in the past two years and ask to have a team member removed. One needed to get fired, one needed to be reassigned to a position that better suited his talents.

In both cases, the team experienced an immediate productivity boost and jelled better.

The key for the manager is letting the team know that you trust them enough to bring those issues to you.