Tuckman's Stages
Tuckman's Stages
In 1965, soon after leaving Princeton University, Bruce Tuckman developed a theory of group development that has gained a great deal of popularity. The theory contained four distinct stages and he suggested that for a group to achieve maximum effectiveness, it needed to move through all four stages (Chimaera Consulting Limited, 1999, para. 2). I found it not only to be a useful model for understanding how my work team is evolving but also for understanding what needs to happen for the most effective team results.
The Tuckman theory consists of four primary stages of development. These stages are named "forming," "storming," "norming," and "performing." In 1977, he added a fifth stage named "adjourning" and also referred to as "deforming and mourning" and refers to the break up of the group (Chimaera Consulting Limited, 1999, para. 9). Although it is an eventual stage, it is not, strictly speaking, an extension of the other four stages, but rather, an epilogue.......
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