202203241437 Tuckman's stages of group development

A model of group development proposed by Bruce Tuckman in 1965 consisting of four stages.¹ Tuckman contends that all of these stages are necessary and inevitable in order for teams to grow, face challenges, and deliver results.

• Forming — the creation of the team and its purpose.
• Storming — the stage where the team starts to find problems and figure out how they're going to interact. This leads to conflicting opinions, roles, and interactions.
• Norming — the conflicts in the storming phase are worked out into social norms, rules, or processes for interacting productively.
• Performing — when group norms and roles are established and the team is focusing on achieving common goals.