Intro Effective Teams

Why?

How?

Susan Wheelan

Bruce Tuckman

What - The stages of group development

1 – FORMING: DEPENDENCY & INCLUSION

2 – STORMING: CONFLICTS (ATTACHMENT REFUSAL)

3 – NORMING: TRUST & STRUCTURE

4 – PERFORMING: TEAMWORK

Strengths Interdisciplinary

thinking

Understand

Understood

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Survival kit •  Understanding group

development •  Expect things to be

murky in the beginning of a group

•  Expect conflict and treat it is as a positive sign of progress

•  Compromise on issues when possible

•  Be supportive (don’t sit on the sidelines)

•  Don’t be upset when subgroups or coalitions emerge

•  Complete your tasks in a timely fashion