{"id":214812,"date":"2021-06-08T11:48:16","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T10:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/letstalktalent.co.uk\/?p=214812"},"modified":"2023-06-08T11:32:40","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T10:32:40","slug":"navigating-the-first-stage-of-team-development-forming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/letstalktalent.co.uk\/blog\/navigating-the-first-stage-of-team-development-forming\/","title":{"rendered":"Navigating the first stage of team development: Forming"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
From the moment it is created, every single team has the same goal: to get to a stage where it is working well together, highly performing and contributing to the organisation\u2019s objectives in a meaningful way. But is forming a team as simple as putting the most talented individuals you can get your hands on together and sitting back, waiting for amazing results? Well not quite, as you\u2019ve probably guessed it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Teams sometimes just don\u2019t quite gel, and never get to a stage where they perform well together. Team leaders can facilitate the bonding process and there are many tools available to help turn teams from underperforming collections of individuals to amazingly collaborative units. But how do you know which tactics to deploy?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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According\u2019 to the trusted Tuckman model of team development, there are four stages involved in generating high performance teams: forming, storming<\/a>, norming<\/a> and performing<\/a>. And knowing where you are in this process can really help you pin down the strategies to deploy to reach the next stage. Jo Taylor, MD at Let\u2019s Talk Talent, says: \u201cIt\u2019s about understanding where you\u2019re at so you can take charge, get unstuck and get back to moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n And getting teams to the final performing stage is something we have experience of. We\u2019ve helped countless organisations pinpoint the right measures to take to reach a stage where collaborative units formed quickly contributed to business goals. We thought we\u2019d put our experience to good use by creating a series of blogs, each exploring one of the stages involved in team development and, more importantly, the tools available to you to ensure you move smoothly along and reach the next phase fast. So let\u2019s start at the very beginning and go through the first of our four stages: forming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\nThe first stage of team development: forming<\/h2>\n\n\n\n