Ethical Leadership Resources

Life Cycle of Groups

The forming / storming / norming / performing model of the group life cycle is derived from work by Bruce Tucker.

Here are a few useful links in explaining the concepts and helping to identify the stages:

• Leadership of Special Project Teams
  
• Best Practices: Strategy and Leadership - Strategy and Vision
  
• Forming / Storming / Norming / Performing presentation materials - PDF file, free Adobe Acrobat Reader may be required
  
• Forming – Storming – Norming – Performing - Mourning
  
• Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing - a .doc file (Microsoft Word) - note that if you don't have Microsoft Office (for the .doc file), you can still read Office files with OpenOffice, a free substitute
  
• This survey should help you figure out what stage a particular group is in.
  

Original article on the stages:
Tuckman, B.W. "Developmental Sequence in Small Groups," Psychological Bulletin, vol. 63, 1965, pp. 384-399.

Posted on June 1, 2004 06:04 PM

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