Class 3 Tuckmans Stages and Leadership Flexibility

Forming
Morale
Honeymoon High: Team members feel excited about their new life together and dream about living happily ever after. However they may need direction and have anxiety about their roles and their connections with the team.

Productivity
Rock Bottom Low: Goals and tasks are unclear; skills and knowledge are low with minimal internal resources for solving problems

Storming
Morale
Reality Check Low: There is a discrepancy between expectations and reality. Team feels anger, frustration, confusion, and discouragement

Productivity
Luke-Warm Low: Skills and knowledge are slowly developing, some results are occuring.

Norming
Morale
Uneasy forgive and forget: As team members learn to work together, negative feelings are resolved. Confidence, cohesion and trust are increasing, but fragile.

Production
We-Can-Do-This! (Moderate High): Skills, knowledge and accomplishments continue to increase. Realistic goals, strategies and ways of working together are becoming integrated into the teams functioning.

Performing
Morale
Sky High: Team members have positive feelings about each other and their work accomplishments. Leadership is shared.

Productivity
Sky High: Task knowledge and skills, as well as the amount of work produced, are high.

Directing
Used during the Forming Stage
Provide information and develop skills, as well as clarity and purpose, roles, goals and operating procedures Low Support High Direction

Coaching
Used during the Storming stage Increase support to include for involvement, listening and conflict resolution
High Support High Direction

Supporting
Used during the Norming stage Maintain high support by helping team members develop confidence in their ability to work together and by helping the team assume responsibility for decision making and self-direction
High Support Low Direction

Delegating
Used during the Performing stage At this stage, the team is able to provide its own direction. Recognize team accomplishments and create new challenges
Low Support Low Direction