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Stages of Team Development

There are five stages of team development: forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning. In the forming stage, team members get to know each other and establish roles while the leader ensures understanding of responsibilities. In the storming stage, conflicts arise from differing personalities and work styles, so the leader develops a plan to manage competition and facilitate communication. In the norming stage, the team finds its rhythm as the leader checks in via meetings to ensure members are on track and get help if needed.

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Stages of Team Development

There are five stages of team development: forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning. In the forming stage, team members get to know each other and establish roles while the leader ensures understanding of responsibilities. In the storming stage, conflicts arise from differing personalities and work styles, so the leader develops a plan to manage competition and facilitate communication. In the norming stage, the team finds its rhythm as the leader checks in via meetings to ensure members are on track and get help if needed.

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Discuss the stages of team development placing emphasis on the role of the team leader at each

stage

There are five stages of team development that each team go through they include:

forming, storming, norming, performing and adjourning. Each team goes through these stages of

development and it then aids in them being able to resolve internal and external conflict, share

ideas and opinions more freely, accomplish great results, encourage communication and also to

build trust.

In the first stage forming, members get to know one another and simply form the group

this can be called an orientation period. They begin to learn how to work together as a team.

They try to avoid conflict and confrontation and mostly seek to be accepted. The teams’

members focus mostly on getting to know each other and the purpose of the group may not be

clearly outlined as they try to work out the roles of each member and who will be the leader.

Team leads may try to discuss with the team what each person will do and ensure all members

are fully understanding of their required contribution.

The second stage is storming. All groups experience a period that is filled with conflict as

the different personalities, opinions and work styles of a team can clash disagreements are most

times unavoidable. Team leaders at this stage aim to ensure that they develop a plan in order to

manage any form of competition among its members as well as make communication easier.

Team leaders can try to ensure members communicate and try to resolve any issues between

members and maybe offer advice on how to resolve any conflict as well as remaining unbiased to

any roadblocks. The team leader has to ensure that the team stays on track because he/she is

ultimately responsible for the team’s overall results.


The third of the five stages is the norming stage and this is basically where the team

beings to find their rhythm working together. After the team has passed the storming stage

members have found their rhythm, focus on the goal of the team and know how to work with

each other as they learn the strengths, weaknesses and roles of themselves and other team

members. The leader (s) of the team becomes concrete and respect is shown to this individual (s).

Team leads to check in with members by organizing meeting times and deadlines where

members can make any reports and the leader can ensure everyone is on track and if anyone

needed assistance. With help from the team leader and team discussions all questions, conflicts

and misunderstandings have been cleared up.

The fourth stage is known as the performing stage.

The fifth and final stage of team development is the adjourning stage.

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