5 Stages of Team Development – What You Need to Know
How Teams Rise, Fall, and Evolve Through 5 Predictable Stages Legendary leadership expert Bruce Tuckman’s seminal 1965 theory outlined a predictable evolution effective teams undergo across five distinct phases defined as: Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing and Adjourning. Initially characterized based on small group behavioral observations, the framework proved remarkably scalable from fledgling startup founding members…