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PAGE PAGE 3 Stages of Team Growth As the team matures, members gradually learn to cope with the emotional and group pressures they face. As a result the team goes through fairly predictable stages: Stage 1: Forming When a team is forming, members cautiously explore the boundaries of acceptable group behavior. Like hesitant swimmers, they stand by the pool, dabbling their toes in the water. This is a stage of transition from individual to member status, and of testing the leaders guidance both formally and informally. Forming includes these feelings... SYMBOL 183 \f Symbol \s 10 \h Excitement, anticipation, and optimism SYMBOL 183 \f Symbol \s 10 \h Pride in being chosen for the project SYMBOL 183 \f Symbol \s 10 \h Initial, tentative attachment to the team SYMBOL 183 \f Symbol \s 10 \h Suspicion, fear, and anxiety about the job ahead ...and these behaviors. SYMBOL 183 \f Symbol \s 10 \h Attempts to define the task and decide how it will be accomplished SYMBOL 183 \f Symbol \s 10 \h Attempts to determine acceptable group behavior and how to deal with group problems SYMBOL 183 \f Symbol \s 10 \h Decisions on what information needs to be gathered SYMBOL 183 \f Symbol \s 10 \h Lofty, abstract discussions of concepts and issues; or, for some members, impatience with these discussions SYMBOL 183 \f Symbol \s 10 \h Discussion of symptoms or problems not relevant to the task; difficulty in identifying relevant problems SYMBOL 183 \f Symbol \s 10 \h Complaints about the organization and barriers to the task Because there is so much going on to distract members attention in the beginning, the team accomplishes little, if anything, that concerns its project goals. This is perfectly normal. Stage 2: Storming Storming is probably the most difficult stage for the team. It is as if team members jump in the water, and, thinking they are about to drown, start thrashing about. They begin to realize the task is different and more difficult than they imagined, becoming