Thanks, George. I understand better now--in fact I think that I was working
around the limitations of the normal Tuckman model by using a cheat sheet of
stage-appropriate goals, like the already complete Drexler-Sibbler picture
you cite below. I'll print that one out now ;)
On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 8:33 PM, George Dinwiddie <lists@...>wrote:

>
>
> D. André Dhondt wrote:
> > George wrote:
> >> Just because they're storming, it doesn't mean they'll proceed to
> norming
> >
> > I agree. Apparently only 6% of teams are currently in a performing status
> (
> >
>
http://www.stevedenning.com/High-Performance-Teams/creating-high-performance-tea\
ms.aspx
> > ).
> >
> > Still, I don't see how this detracts from Tuckman's model. On a cursory
> > analysis, I see a lot of similarities between Tuckman's model and the
> > Drexler-Sibbet model, but I suppose that breaking out Forming into
> > Orientation and Goal Clarification, then Storming into and Commitment and
> > Trust, etc., helps clarify how to direct a team through the phases. Is
> > there something else about Drexler-Sibbler that is significant for you?
> >
> > In a larger sense, do you think I'm off-base in asserting the following?
> >
> > You can't do effective teamwork without a team that has at least reached
> the
> > norming (Tuckman) / implementing (Drexler-Sibbler) phase.
>
> I don't think you're off-base with that assertion.
>
> My difficulty with the Tuckman model is that, as a team facilitator, I
> find little guidance in to to help me help the team reach the
> norming/implementing stage. (And I've read Bruce Tuckman's
> Developmental Sequence in Small Groups.)
>
> I get more such guidance looking at the picture
> (http://hp-strategies.com/images/tpm.jpg) of the Drexler-Sibbet TPM.
> There are clues as to what you might see if the questions of a stage are
> resolved or unresolved. You can also work backwards from your
> observations to make inferences about the completeness of the stages.
>
> This is an example of how Drexler-Sibbet provides me with more analysis
> and thinking tools than does Tuckman. And I've barely scratched the
> surface with Drexler-Sibbet.
>
> - George
>
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