D. André Dhondt wrote:
> I've been reading a lot on this subject lately, and wanted to mention one of
> the presuppositions that I missed when I first started reading some of the
> articles on the subject: to be self-organizing, a team needs to be past the
> Storming phase in Tuckman's Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing model.
> I'd love to know how to help a team go through these phases quickly... but
> it seems to mostly be related to individual desires to open up, or not.

Andre, I've never found the Tuckman model very helpful for enabling
teams. Just because they're storming, it doesn't mean they'll proceed
to norming. You might look at the Drexler-Sibbet Team Performance
Model. I was first introduced to this by Esther Derby and wrote
http://blog.gdinwiddie.com/2008/12/03/aye-2008-the-magic-chemistry-of-teams/
on it.

- George

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