Bruce Tuckman's Team Development Model
Tuckman Team Development Model – 5 stages
Bruce Tuckman’s was a respected educational psychologist who recognized there were stages that small groups go through, and he suggested that all of them be fully experienced to achieved success. Initially he defined the 4 stages in 1965. Later in 1977 a 5th stage was added.
1. Forming: The newness of the project can cause excitement, and/or anxiety. This can vary and is dependent on the team’s inclusion in the member selection process. If it’s a group that already has close knit ties, naturally there might be far less feelings of stress at this junction.
2. Storming: This is when project begins to expose individual’s strengths and weakness. Conflict and competition are at its’ greatest …show more content…
We all worked quite well together and just gave up on the other’s apparent lack of motivation. We were really getting excited to pull all of this together and make the trip to Philadelphia. One member was really into music and decided on bringing drums for us to find a drum circle to participate in.
Our Performing Stage: Even though we lost a member in spirit (they did go with us) our project really soared. We pulled our strengths together, and achieved even more than we set out to on our trip. When we returned we had video of interviews, music gatherings, and tons of stories which we later relayed into a poster project.
Adjourning: After the project was over, I did indeed feel a little sense of loss for my two comrades. We worked well together over a period of a few weeks, grabbing coffee, chatting a little about our personal lives and of course we were very clear on our goals for the project making us very close during that time. I heard briefly from one of them and then eventually lost all contact.
Bruce Tuckman’s was a respected educational psychologist who recognized there were stages that small groups go through, and he suggested that all of them be fully experienced to achieved success. Initially he defined the 4 stages in 1965. Later in 1977 a 5th stage was added.
1. Forming: The newness of the project can cause excitement, and/or anxiety. This can vary and is dependent on the team’s inclusion in the member selection process. If it’s a group that already has close knit ties, naturally there might be far less feelings of stress at this junction.
2. Storming: This is when project begins to expose individual’s strengths and weakness. Conflict and competition are at its’ greatest …show more content…
We all worked quite well together and just gave up on the other’s apparent lack of motivation. We were really getting excited to pull all of this together and make the trip to Philadelphia. One member was really into music and decided on bringing drums for us to find a drum circle to participate in.
Our Performing Stage: Even though we lost a member in spirit (they did go with us) our project really soared. We pulled our strengths together, and achieved even more than we set out to on our trip. When we returned we had video of interviews, music gatherings, and tons of stories which we later relayed into a poster project.
Adjourning: After the project was over, I did indeed feel a little sense of loss for my two comrades. We worked well together over a period of a few weeks, grabbing coffee, chatting a little about our personal lives and of course we were very clear on our goals for the project making us very close during that time. I heard briefly from one of them and then eventually lost all contact.