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"Team Development Checklist"

This Team Development checklist shows you the behaviors your team requires you to exhibit during its four-stage development. By successfully supporting your team as it evolves you will develop a team that displays trust and cohesion.

One of the most influential studies in this area is Bruce Tuckman's (1965). He proposed the four-stage model called 'Tuckman's Stages for a Group,' which states that the ideal group decision-making process should occur in four stages:

• Stage 1 - Forming: You need to adopt a hands-on approach to management and support for your team. 
• Stage 2 - Storming: You need to control the conflict that will result as differences are expressed and worked out by actively listening to exchanges between members.
• Stage 3 - Norming: During team performance of tasks and discussion your role is one of observer so that trust and cohesion can develop. 
• Stage 4 - Performing: As manager your role now is one of a delegator, briefing your team thoroughly and in sufficient detail and enough resources that they can achieve their objective. 

It is essential you monitor your team's relationships and performance to ensure that the group dynamics remain positive and productive.

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