Titans Norming Stage

The Titans progress through a series of sequential stages: forming, storming, norming, and performing (Smith, 2014, p.52) as they transform their racially diverse team into champions. In the forming stage, the team is desegregated. All of the athletes are brought in together to form a very diverse team of football players. Teammates are getting to know and understand each other. As time passes, the team enters the storming stage. This is where conflict arises as players are forced to work together and not individually. Teammates are encouraged to obtain perfection through practice. They are taught to accept responsibility, adjust attitudes and begin working towards the same goals. The Titans mature into the norming stage by adjusting, accepting, working together, and displaying a comradery towards one another. Much of the norming stage is about managing conflict (Smith, 2014, p. 52) and is likely the most important of the five stages. The titans are able to accomplish their shared goals of winning through supporting and motivating one another in the performing stage. The final stage which was left out of the film is the adjourning stage. In this case, the team never completely adjourns as new teammates and leaders are added and removed from the team season after season.
Teams vary based on initial directives. Some teams are short lived with a designated goal to achieve and a timeframe to achieve that goal. Ongoing teams, such as a high school sports team never officially end. This is true in businesses as well. Teams simply reset. For example, the start of a season or start of a new year are methods for a team to start over. The team has been formed and partially stormed. The five stage model essentially needs a loopback to the storming stage as new participants are brought