Stages of team life

Anxious and feels dependent on a leader;

Forming Storming

Tries to discover how it is going to operate and what normal ways of working will be

The atmosphere may be one of conflict between members, who may resist control from any one person; There may be feelings that the task can not be achieved

Members feel closer together and conflicts are forgotten, start to support each other

Norming

There is increasingly the feeling that it is possible to achieve the task There may be feelings that the task can not be achieved The group is carrying out the task Members feel safe enough to express difference of opinion in relation to others

Performing

There is increasingly the feeling that it is possible to achieve the task There may be feelings that the task can not be achieved

Mourning

Work is finished Members begin to have pleasant memories of their activities and achievements