See Your Group’s Potential

Groups tend to evolve through a fairly predictable series of stages over time. A very popular model developed by Bruce Tuckman, calls these stages: Forming, Storming, Norming, and Performing. I also particularly like author Scott Peck’s community building model which refers to these stages as: Pseudo- Community, Chaos, Emptiness, and True Community. In this week’s issue, See Your Group’s Potential, we explore the attributes of each of these stages and look at how understanding these milestones can help your group navigate them without retreating.