In this stage, the team members compete with each other for status and for acceptance of their ideas. This stage is not avoidable every team - most especially a new team who has never worked together before - goes through this part of developing as a team. Stage 2: StormingĪs the team begins to work together, they move into the "storming" stage.
The team is dependent on the team leader to guide them. The team leader should ensure that all of the members are involved in determining team roles and responsibilities and should work with the team to help them establish how they will work together ("team norms"). They are, effectively, "feeling each other out" and finding their way around how they might work together.ĭuring this initial stage of team growth, it is important for the team leader to be very clear about team goals and provide clear direction regarding the project.
They learn about the project they will be working on, discuss the project's objectives/goals and start to think about what role they will play on the project team. They share information about their backgrounds, interests and experience and form first impressions of each other.
In this first meeting, team members are introduced to each. The "forming" stage takes place when the team first meets each other. This article provides background on each stage and an example of a team going through all five stages. For a high performing team, the end of a project brings on feelings of sadness as the team members have effectively become as one and now are going their separate ways. They will be joining other teams and moving on to other work in the near future. In 1977, Tuckman, jointly with Mary Ann Jensen, added a fifth stage to the 4 stages: "Adjourning." The adjourning stage is when the team is completing the current project. He believed (as is a common belief today) that these stages are inevitable in order for a team to grow to the point where they are functioning effectively together and delivering high quality results. His theory, called "Tuckman's Stages" was based on research he conducted on team dynamics. The first four stages of team growth were first developed by Bruce Wayne Tuckman and published in 1965. First, some background on team development.
Every team goes through the five stages of team development.
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