Team Development
Team Development
BY UTKARSH KUMAR
"None of us is as smart
as all of us."
ROLL NO.: 20235018
Ken Blanchard
EXECUTIVE – MBA
SOM - PDEU
Team and Its’ Characteristics
A team is a special type of group having a small number. – Preferably 2 - 8, of
people who are interacting and influencing each other to work for a common
goal.
Theme: Orientation
Behaviors Desired: Commitment to group goals as task behavior, friendliness and concern
about others and interest in relationship with others
Theme: Resistance
Behaviors Desired: Acknowledgment and confrontation of conflict openly at task level and listening with
understanding to others at relationship level
Outcomes Desired: Clarification and belonging
Actions and Activities: Leadership struggles, incomplete communication, arguments and personalizing events;
members appear confused and dissatisfied and output is low
Leader’s Role: Maintaining adequate production while building group cohesion requires high-task, high
relationship
Leadership Skills and Techniques: Active listening, assertiveness and conflict management to resolve stage
two issues, and flexibility and creativity to support open environment and set climate for new ideas
Task of Individual: Listening actively and attentively to all viewpoints, supporting the development of and
encouraging supportive environment for the expression of ideas, confronting and managing disagreements to
clarify purposes, roles and procedures
Norming – Cooperation
Theme: Cohesion
Behavior Desired: Inclusion of others in decision making to meet task needs, recognition and respect of
differences to meet relationship needs
Outcomes Desired: Involvement and support
Actions and Activities: Open exchange of feelings, facts, ideas, preferences and support; less dissatisfaction as
ways of working together are clarified
Leader’s Role: Low-task, high relationship to promote participation and involvement, providing more
opportunities for group members to take responsibility
Leadership Skills and Techniques: Use of the techniques of playfulness and humor, entrepreneurship and
coalition building (networking) promote involvement and support communication, feedback and affirmation
Task of Individual: Appreciation of differences, recognition of group success as source of personal power and
resources, use of feedback to support collaborative working relationships, greater involvement in decision-
making
Performing – Raising Awareness
Theme: Interdependence
Behaviors: Contribution and valuing of new ideas and the ideas of others
Outcomes: Achievement and pride
Actions and Activities: Working collaboratively to challenge their potential; celebrating
success in the achievement of more complex goals helps sustain enthusiasm and maintain momentum
Leader’s Role: Delegation reduces need for interaction with staff to low-task, low relationship
Leadership Skills and Techniques: Problem solving, planning, and decision making skills provide
opportunities for achievement; mentoring helps to foster achievement in others
Task of Individual: sharing in group accomplishments and productivity lead to sense of satisfaction
and pride
Adjourning – Parting Ways
Theme: Disengagement
Behaviors: Anxiety, reluctance
Outcomes: The team briefs and shares the improved process during this phase
Actions and Activities: When the team finally completes that last briefing,
there is always a bittersweet sense of accomplishment coupled with the reluctance to say good–bye.
Leader’s Role: Take time to celebrate the team’s achievements - you may work with the members
again and it’s great if past experiences are viewed in a positive light.
Leadership Skills and Techniques: The Experience, learnings, and new processes will be syndicated.
Exit Criteria should be defined
Task of Individual: Self Evaluation
Tuckman Model
Other Tuckman Topics
Team Changes
A change in a team members can reset the team building
process back to Forming.
Team Persistence
Getting through the formation process requires leadership
and team members to be persistent and conscious about
working on team issues.