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Fortune 500
companies that use
Six Thinking Hats report that their teams are more productive and now
invest 50% less time in meetings.�
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It is
important to remember that most new teams will take awhile to adjust to
working together and understanding their roles.� Every team will go
through 5 stages, but the speed of transition time may be different based on
experience and leadership.�
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Bruce Tuckman referred to the stages of team
development as:� 1.Forming, 2.Storming, 3.Norming, 4.Performing and 5. Adjourning/Transforming.
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Thomas Quick called them:� 1.Searching,
2.Defining, 3.Identifying, 4.Processing, and 5.Assimilating/Reforming.
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For a detailed description of what occurs during
each of the 5 stages, review the article titled
The Five Stages of Team Development by Shirley Lee.
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For more ideas on making the team development
process more effective, review the list of
team building and project
management articles at
http://www.shirleyfinelee.com/Articles_Ezine.htm#TB.
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Monica Cornetti
notes problems team leaders may encounter with teams during first 4 stages
of development and suggests team-building activities to do with team on
2bproductive blog.� See
her post titled
Leadership in Stages of Team Development for links to these
activities.�
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Do a paper or computer
based assessment completed anonymously by each member to get an idea of team
progress in order to see where more training or coaching is needed.�
Compile the results using a spreadsheet to track progress over the lifetime
of the team.� Ask team to decide if they want to conduct their progress
assessments on a quarterly of bi-annual basis.�
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To download a free team
evaluation form and/or a meeting evaluation for team use, visit
http://www.shirleyfinelee.com/FreeForms.htm.�
How to interpret the
results is located near the bottom of the download page.
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As an alternative to a
form-based assessment, check out the on-line article where Ken Thompson
shares 15 techniques for
Developing an Effective Team, regardless of whether the team will be
located together or is to be a virtual team.
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"Team-player: one who unites others
toward a shared destiny through sharing information and ideas, empowering
others and developing trust." - Dennis Kinlaw
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