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Performing
This is the stage when the synergy comes in:
- Group norms have been accepted, and people feel comfortable to exchange ideas, without fear of misplaced judgment or rejection.
- Team members have a clear understanding of where they can best serve the team’s needs, and everyone is highly motivated to get to the same goal.
- Team members are interdependent, meaning they need little managing.
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Group Development Theory
Dr. Bruce Tuckman, a psychology professor, synthesized team development into four basic stages: Forming, Storming, Norming, and Performing.
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Storming
Most teams go through the storming stage in some form or another because discord is inevitable. The key value to emphasize in the team is positive intent.
A little conflict is needed to bring upfront weak spots in projects and to bring new valid arguments to the table. But constant stormin...
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Forming
This stage of teamwork is all about first meetings and first impressions.
What everyone needs most is a clear understanding of their part in the journey and a setup for building emotional connections. Setting goals together puts their skills and interests into the open.
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Norming
Getting to the Norming stage takes a healthy dose of observation, identification, and action on things that are working (and not working).
Teams that stay in Norming are constantly working out things like communication preferences, recognition of achievements, and workflows.
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Social Norms and Meaning
An interesting dynamic between Drive 1: Meaning and Drive 5: Social Influence happens in the workplace. Within a group, the leader is often motivated by Meaning.
The team members of the group, however, are often motivated by Social Influence. They don’t necessarily believe in the higher m...
Managing conflict in virtual teams
- Assign tasks that demand interdependence among team members to complete, so that they rely on each other to succeed.
- Set clear goals. Formalizing the team’s vision, roles, norms, work processes, and strategies can help keep a team on track.
- Awarding teamwork
Defining group norms
Group norms are the set of informal and formal ground rules that specify how people interact. The rules help members of the group determine how to behave. Advantages of clear ground rules within teams:
- Meetings and communication are more constructive.
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