Team Development

The best leadership style for any particular team will be influenced by its purpose and composition. This eBook provides a practical guide to understanding team dynamics to help you with practical day-to-day team building.

You will learn:

• How the study of group dynamics can be applied to real-world team building issues.
• The five factors you must put in place to ensure that the team’s dynamics remain positive and productive.
• How to recognize the development stages that a new team must undergo before reaching its full potential.
• Why you should modify your level of involvement depending upon which stage your team is at.
• How conflict affects your team members why you need to coach them in developing their own coping strategies.

1. Bruce Tuckman’s ‘Stages for a Group’
   1. Stage 1 – Forming
   2. Stage 2 – Storming
   3. Stage 3 – Norming
   4. Stage 4 – Performing
2. Richard Hackman’s ‘Five Factor Model’
   1. Factor 1 – Being a Real Team
   2. Factor 2 – Compelling Direction
   3. Factor 3 – Enabling Structure
   4. Factor 4 – Supportive Context
   5. Factor 5 – Expert Coaching