4 Steps You Can Use To Develop Your Team Sean Fletcher Principal Consultant
Agenda
• Introduction
• The Work of Teams
• The Cycle of Team Development
• Forming Your Team
• Storming Your Team
• Norming Your a Team
• Performing Your Team
• What To Do Next?
Introduction
Here is a way you can make your workplace more rewarding by implementing Bruce Tuckman's
4 phases of high performance teams
Forming Storming
NormingPerforming
Review
The Cycle of Team Development
Team Leader Appointed
Issues/Conflicts Resolved
Targets & Actions Set
Outcomes Celebrated
The Work of Teams
"Teams provide a clear advantage over the work of individuals"
Sean Fletcher
"When employees feel as if they are part of a
unit, relevant outcomes are improved"
Jennifer Ward (The Importance of Teamwork in Nursing)
Turning of the soil for the Morawa Town Revitalisation Project: Sean Fletcher, Shane Love MLA, Trevor Price MWDC, Daniel Hazebroek DRD
Forming
Forming Your Team
Meet - Team Leader Explains
Objective
Agree on
Charter
Develop Communication
Plan
Evaluate Strengths
& Weaknesses Together
Set Goals
& Action Plan
Allocate Roles
Review
Storming
Storming Your Team
Deal With Disagreements
Promote Charter
Refine Action Plan
Review Strengths
& Weaknesses Together
Assess Goals
Test Roles/Make Changes
Review
Norming
Norming Your Team
Promote Consistency in
Tackling of Goals
Provide Ongoing Progress Reports
Close Out Goals
Mitigate Weaknesses
(Through Training & Development)
Deal With Risks
Lock in Priorities
Review
Performing
Performing Your Team
Continue to Close Out Goals
Provide Ongoing Progress Reports
Celebrate Achievements
Continue Team Members
Development
Look at What's Next
Team Leader Steps Back
Review
What To Do Next?
This is dependent of the role of the team:
Work Team: Keep it going
Project Team: Lobby for other projects
The Author
• Sean Fletcher is the Principal Consultant at Strategic Teams based in Perth, Western Australia
• He is also a training consultant with WALGA and a former local government CEO
• Sean holds qualifications in management, and regional development. He is also a member of the LGMA.
• Visit us at: Strategic Teams