EMBA -601(OB), NSU

“Tuckerman’s four stages”

Reporting-In Forming, most team members are positive and polite. Some are anxious, as they
haven't fully understood what work the team will do. In Storming, team members may challenge
your authority, or jockey for position as their roles are clarified. In Norming, team members
know one another better, they may socialize together, In Performing, the team reaches the
performing stage, when hard work leads, without friction, to the achievement of the team's goal.

Responding-The goal of Bruce Tuckman’s Stages model was to help project leaders understand
how their team members were building relationships together. As it turns out, people approach
tasks differently depending on the quality of their relationships with their co-workers.

Relating- Tuckman’s model is a framework for identifying behaviors on any team, but, it
shouldn’t be used to “box” the team into a profile or “diagnosis.” The progressive model
included “forming,” “storming,” “norming,” and “performing.”

Reasoning- I had special concentration when Forming of all team members and it works well
Storming level I had to change the strategy due team members were started to pushing against
the boundaries established in the forming stage. I enjoyed the Norming stage because team
members started to socialize together. Performing stage it feels easy to be part of the team at this
stage

Reconstructing- I think from this experience and plan to do will get my team working together
faster and with less handholding if they are motivated to interact with each other during and in-
between meetings. In order to get to real productivity, teams need to move past the small talk and
be ready to engage on a more real level, potential conflict and all.