Stages+of+Team+Development

=The Stages of Team Development= Excerpted from: http://www.teambuildinginc.com/article_kiwanis.htm

The most widely utilized model of the stages of team development is sometimes called the ’Orming Model, developed in 1965 by Bruce Tuckman of the Naval Medical Research Institute at Bethesda, Maryland. Tuckman’s model suggests four stages of group development: //Forming, Storming, Norming and Performing//.

Forming
In the forming stage, group members first come together to lay the foundation for the team. Excitement, anxiety, dependence and uncertainties are the driving motivations...

Storming
When groups enter the storming stage, members begin to realize the amount of complicated work ahead and sometimes panic. They may see disparity between their hopes and the reality of the work ahead of them...

Norming
Norming is the stage where people get used to working with one another. You will see cooperation over competition, more acceptance, and comfort in giving and receiving feedback...

Performing
In the performing stage, team members are comfortable with each other and everyone is "reading from the same page". Team performance soars and everyone’s highest concern is team success...