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Penn State 4-H Teambuilding Facilitation Manual
Make some time this week to check out this great resource from Pennsylvania State 4-H: Penn State 4-H Teambuilding Manual. This might lend itself to a nice training for volunteers. In particular I found the Comfort, Growth, and Panic Zone … Continue reading
Tuckman’s Model Revisited: NOW With Cool Activities!
It’s baaaaaaaaack! Just when you thought we were finished talking about forming-storming-norming-performing-and adjourning here we are again! Why? Because teams are important! …And also because I found this cool resource that shares specific activities to use depending upon which stage … Continue reading
Stage 4: Performing
Congratulations! If your team reaches the performing stage you deserve a pat on the back! Not all teams reach this stage and typically teams don’t stay at this stage forever. However, performing teams are capable of being highly productive and … Continue reading
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Stage 3: Norming
Many teams, and I’m sure you have been on a few, never make it past the storming stage. It’s typical with teams that as new tasks and goals present themselves, the team may lapse back into the storming stage. However, … Continue reading
Team Development Stage 2: Storming
Ahhh…conflict. It’s unavoidable in working with teams, and Stage 2 of Tuckman’s Model of Group Development- Storming- is often characterized by this conflict. STAGE 2: STORMING WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE: The purpose for the team is becoming more clear, but … Continue reading
Team Development Stage 1: Forming
You may recall from last week, we began our conversation about Tuckman’s Model of Group Development (forming-storming-norming-performing-adjourning). For a group to perform successfully it is critical that they advance through each of these stages. Not every team advances through all … Continue reading
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Tuckman’s Model of Group Development
In the 1960s-70s Bruce Tuckman debuted the Tuckman Model of Group Development which asserts that teams progress toward various stages during their progression from inception to functioning. In this model, as teams mature and increase in ability, the leader changes … Continue reading
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No More Stale Team Building Activities!
There it is on the agenda…yet again. That tired old team building activity that never goes away, never receives a reboot, and is never, ever replaced. Maybe you have even been the one to share the old standby, because there … Continue reading
The Wikiepedia of Teambuilding
Human Bingo, people bingo, whatever you call it I’ve played it before. The same can be said for ball toss, and human knot. Looking for new icebreaker ideas? Check out Teampedia at: http://www.teampedia.net/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page It’s the Wikipedia of icebreakers, energizers, etc., … Continue reading
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