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As usual, someone created
a theory and distribution team for four phases:
- forming
- storming
- norming
- performing
During the storming phase
members of a team are comfortable enough in the group to express
their own point of view and differ from colleagues in order to build
a sense of their own individuality.
In the norming phase a team establishes their norms of cooperation. Despite differences they want to work better and better together. According to the mood of team members in storming phase, there are many differences, during the norming phase team members have tend to overestimate good opinions about themselves and own activities.
In the performing phase
the team has a common vision of their goal and is mature enough to
prevent conflicts or deal with them on their own. In this phase we
can say that the team has been built.
Although the phases are
naturally moving from first to fourth, a team can be stuck in one of
them for a long time or can move back to one of the previous stages
if internal dynamics change, for instance when a new member joins the
team.
Do you agree with this
distinction? Have you observed any of these steps in your team? If
so, at which stage are you?
I have no idea what to think about that. That's true, that on storming phase we learn about each other, and at the end we learn, who's "the leader", and that it's extremely difficult to be the newest member in a group... but I've never thought about this process in this way....
ReplyDeleteI can not really agree with this.
ReplyDeleteThis pattern does not occur in any team. But I think there are many companies where is that team-building phases are implemented.
I’ve never thought about this issue. The process is quite interesting. I think I might be in the performing phase but I can’t tell for sure since life is often very different from the description. I've heard there are a lot of team-building trainings that can help understand the group itself and build the relations. My sister is making such events, she always need to think about every person's position to give them a chance to enhace their best skills and understand each other strong points.
ReplyDeleteAs the team subject was mentioned I’d like to add something here. Our English blog is created in such a way that we are supposed to post on a weekly basis. So if you want to post your article you should do it at the BEGINNING of the week. Not everyone has time to comment during weekends or in the middle of the week. This is happening almost every week now and it's making me really annoyed.
I'm not really too sure I've seen this pattern but maybe it's one of many theoretical ways of looking at it. I've never seen anyone approaching and analyzing team building like this in a professional environment though, but I might observe next time.
ReplyDeleteHappily, I usually work alone or my part of the project can be done without consulting with the rest of the team (concept art is basically painted ideas for what they should do). I don't really know if those methods can be implemented in my field of work - video games. There is probably no harder task than putting a small group together able to make a decent video game in some given time and there are many factors (branch-related) causing this. Anyway, I'm really happy that currently I don't have to work tightly in the group, because a group that is working better than their single members separated is truely a Christmas miracle.
ReplyDeleteAm I only corpo worker here? :D
ReplyDeleteI can agree that it's possible to model some of this phase in working environment.
But it is definitely a theoretical. In reallity there is no time to think of that.
I think more important in team building phase is assigning people to roles in the group. Some can be leaders others typical bee etc.
But I think in some company this strategy building can be very powerful.
@Simon a good team leader should know the condition of his team. Of cource it is known that the practice is most important.
ReplyDelete@Przemek: " In reallity there is no time to think of that.", realy? I have time ;). I very carefully looks for people to my team. If a new employee revoke your team then you need to check whether it is cost-effective.
@Kasia I'm sorry that I published on Wednesday, I've tried to make it happen on Monday.
No idea in which stage is my present team in work. Probably something close to the last one, as we know each other well and got used to work together. I think that during storming phase we can realize the real values of particular members if the team. It seems to be the most difficult time for people with weak psyche to survive that stage without any problems. In the other hand I have to agree with some of the preceding commentators - there are no patterns that occur in every team. The main omission that I noticed here is no consideration of the leaders role (in my opinion one of the most important factors in successful team building).
ReplyDeleteSome time ago I worked in a place full of individuals specialist that were group together to form a team for a very specific period - from one moth to three years, depending on projects. I think that some of the mentioned phases applied to those teams, but I noticed that more experienced workers moved to next phase faster and more smoothly. For new comers the beginning was always a hard time, but with a help from those more experience members they find their place in a team with ease. Such mentoring really streamlines the process of team building, so I agree that the better a team leader is, the better a team works.
ReplyDeleteLike most people said I never seen those phases in the teams that I have participated. It could be that I never paid much attention to how the team of being created or perhaps I usual know most of my team members (if it’s at work or school) and thus the stages are greatly accelerated.
ReplyDeleteNone the less it’s good to know that in theory every team is going through a process of forming and achieving results.
It is very important to build the team in the right way. However it is very difficult to create well performing team that simply "works".
ReplyDeleteMost of my work I do on my own, but from time to time I work in a team. Working in a team is great way to share experience and knowledge. However sometimes if the team members are hard to corporate, work can be very flustrating.
Well, I think this is why I prefer to work alone. I know how working in team can be profitable to all but maybe all those phases are needed for a team to really work properly. I never had a job in a big corporation and I don't know how it is to coordinate with others and use their skills but relying on yourself also creates a good feedback for me and lets me expand my boundaries. I can learn a lot more knowing, I have to develop new skills for myself.
ReplyDeleteI don't say I only work alone and I am against working in a team. Maybe because I never had an opportunity to understand how it is important in some cases I don't really prefer it.
It's hard for me to say, if I agree or don't agree with this distinction, for sure I have doubts about phase "forming" - of course every group is somehow forming, but I would rather say forming is a hole proces, not one step of it. Anyway, in my case there was no focusing on similarities to feel better in the group.If it goes to which of those phases I observed in my work team, that would be all the rest: storming, norming, performing. According to this distinction, now my group is at the performing stage.
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