Team Leadership and the Tuckman Group Development Stages

In an earlier video, we looked at the Tuckman Model of Group Development. Now, we'll tie the different stages to the style of team leadership that will work best in each stage.

Watching this video is worth 2 Management Courses CPD Points*.
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This video is part of course module number 4.3.3
Program 4: Managing & Leading Groups
Course 3: Teams
Section 3: Team Leadership

Other videos in this section include:
- Servant Leadership: Leading Your Team in the Tuckman Performing Stage    • Servant Leadership: Leading Your Team...  
- John Adair's Action Centered Leadership    • Team Leadership: What is John Adair's...  
- LEAD Your Team: 4 Team Leadership Priorities    • LEAD Your Team: 4 Team Leadership Pri...  
- Four Quadrants of Team Leadership    • Four Quadrants of Team Leadership  
- Team Leadership Continuum    • What is the Team Leadership Continuum...  
- Daniel Goleman's 6 Leadership Styles for Team Leaders    • Daniel Goleman's 6 Leadership Styles ...  
- Handling Team Problems    • Team Leadership: Handling Team Problems  


LESSON NOTES

Forming Stage
Primary needs: getting started and feeling useful
Leadership style: Directive task focus

Storming Stage
Primary needs: fitting in and feeling in control
Leadership style: Directive task focus + Supportive relationship focus

Norming Stage
Primary needs: Getting on and building relationships
Leadership style: Supportive relationship focus

Performing Stage
Primary needs: autonomy and mastery
Leadership style: Low input – developmental focus

Transforming
Primary needs: situational
Leadership style: adaptive

Mourning / Adjourning
Primary needs: closure and moving on
Leadership style: reflective and celebratory


RECOMMENDED EXERCISE
1. Consider where your team is now. What style of leadership best suits it? (1 MC CPD Point)
2. What behaviors and attitudes will best support the style of leadership you want for your team? (2 MC CPD Points)
3. How well have your style and behaviors matched up to your ideal team leadership style in the last month? What changes do you need to make? (2 MC CPD Points)
4. Make those changes and monitor your performance and the outcomes your choices have on your team's performance for two weeks. Reflect on what you learn and what your next priorities are. (3 MC CPD Points)

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RECOMMENDED READING
For this module, my top pick is a short and inexpensive book: Leadership and the One Minute Manager https://geni.us/VQmi

- The Five Dysfunctions of a Team https://geni.us/wbIE
- The Wisdom of Teams https://geni.us/7i1AL
- The Belbin Guide to Succeeding at Work https://geni.us/Kzc4GV4
- Dream Teams: Working Together Without Falling Apart https://geni.us/oAgEOdA
- Pulling Together: 10 Rules for High-Performance Teamwork https://geni.us/zUVV3G
- HBR's 10 Must Reads on Teams https://geni.us/0DLsNe4

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