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Leading as Needed: Nurturing a Team to High Performance

Coaching Ourselves

Tuckman (1965). While there have been various adaptations and enhancements of this basic four-stage model, 70 years later Tuckman’s model is still considered a useful framework for understanding team behaviours. and elaborates the role of the team lead within Tuckman’s 4-stage model.

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Use the Right Style at the Right Time

The Recovering Engineer

Every stage of team development has different characteristics. These different characteristics mean that every stage calls for leaders to behave in different ways to support team growth. The four stages of team development – in order – are Forming, Storming, Norming and Performing.

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3 Ways Leaders Accidentally Undermine Their Teams’ Creativity

Harvard Business Review

There are a lot of myths and misconceptions about where creativity comes from and how to nurture and grow it in a team. As a result, even well-meaning leaders can end up killing the creativity of a team when they need it most. You and Your Team. Leading Teams. Boost your group’s performance.