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Stages. Team-Dynamics. Team Dynamics. Each person has a unique personality and identity to be respected as well as utilized. Team Dynamics. Creating teams is a delicate process. It is always difficult to predict which individuals will successfully work together.

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  1. Stages Team-Dynamics

  2. Team Dynamics • Each person has a unique personality and identity to be respected as well as utilized.

  3. Team Dynamics • Creating teams is a delicate process. • It is always difficult to predict which individuals will successfully work together. • Having member input into creating the team may help.

  4. Team Dynamics • To help balance the team dynamics, one should consider a variety of personalities. • A team with too many dominant personalities, may work in strife. • A social, empathetic person helps develop a sense of camaraderie and cohesiveness. • A hard worker encourages others to stay on task.

  5. Team Dynamics • A genuine, cohesive, mutually supportive team does not form instantly.

  6. Team Dynamics • It takes time. • Psychological issues need to be worked out. • Division of work needs to be determined. • Responsibilities need to be allocated.

  7. Team Dynamics • According to Bruce W. Tuckman, who wrote in the 1970’s about team dynamic, teams go through 4 main stages before becoming a unified team. Bruce W. Tuckman

  8. Team Dynamics

  9. Stage – 1 Forming • Forming is the stage when team members are unsure about what they are doing and how they will contribute to the team. • Their focus is on understanding the team’s goals and their role in the team. • They worry about whether the other team members will accept them. • Team members look for clarification from their leader.

  10. Stage – 2 Storming • Storming -Team members test their limits as they try to get their act together • This stage is marked by conflict • Members vs. other members • Members vs. leader • Responsibilities, dominance, and informal communication needs to be resolved.

  11. Stage – 3 Norming • Norming follows storming • Teams have succeeded in resolving their conflicts • They are more secure with one another and with their leader • They effectively negotiate the structure of the team and the division of labor • The team settles down into a normal working pattern.

  12. Stage – 4 Performing • Performing -the teams behave in a mature fashion • They focus on accomplishing their goals • This stage marked by direct, 2-way communication among team members. • The team is operating at peak capacity.

  13. Debriefing • Have you experienced any of these stages when working in a team –based project? • What stage is the most difficult to understand and to apply? • How does this information help a team increase its effectiveness?

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