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Stages of Team Development
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Teamwork applies to every business today, because without it, we can't serve the big picture. If individuals and companies are going to be successful, we can no longer look at our organisations as departments, divisions or branch offices. We must look at the bigger picture and resolve to work together in ways we may never have done before.
That means we need to cooperate with the competition as well. Think of all the mergers and acquisitions we have seen in the past few years. Your number one competitor today could be your partner tomorrow.
But teamwork doesn't happen by accident. It requires commitment and effort, a willingness to accept the uniqueness of others and an appreciation of diversity. We need to build teams in our companies the same way we build relationships with our friends and co-workers. With team building, we establish ourselves and our companies as reliable, both internally and externally. We then project the same image to our customers, our vendors, competitors and communities.
Probably the most famous teamwork theory is Bruce Tuckman's "team stages model". First developed in 1965, Tuckman's model is widely known as a basis for effective team building and leadership. Used extensively and verified by research, the model recognises the fact that groups do not start off fully formed and functioning but evolve through phases.
Tuckman suggests that teams grow through clearly-defined stages, from their creation as groups of individuals to cohesive, task-focused teams.
Click here to view a video on the team development stages.
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Stage 1: Forming |
Stage 2: Storming |
Stage 3: Norming |
Stage 4: Performing |
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Action Steps: Forming to Storming |
Action Steps: Storming to Norming |
Action Steps: Norming to Performing |
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