This presentation sets out the key elements for the development and management of teams and the importance of teamwork

1. 4 Steps You Can Use To
Develop Your Team
Sean Fletcher Principal Consultant

2. Agenda
• Introduction
• The Work of Teams
• The Cycle of Team
Development
• Forming Your Team
• Storming Your Team
• Norming Your a Team
• Performing Your Team
• What To Do Next?

3. Introduction
Here is a way you can make your workplace more
rewarding by implementing Bruce Tuckman's
4 phases of high performance teams

4. Forming Storming
NormingPerforming
Review
The Cycle of Team Development
Team Leader
Appointed
Issues/
Conflicts
Resolved
Targets &
Actions Set
Outcomes
Celebrated

5. The Work of Teams
"Teams provide a clear
advantage over the
work of individuals"
Sean Fletcher
"When employees feel
as if they are part of a
unit, relevant outcomes
are improved"
Jennifer Ward (The Importance of Teamwork in
Nursing)
Turning of the soil for the Morawa Town Revitalisation Project: Sean Fletcher,
Shane Love MLA, Trevor Price MWDC, Daniel Hazebroek DRD

6. Forming

7. Forming Your Team
Meet - Team
Leader Explains
Objective
Agree
on
Charter
Develop
Communication
Plan
Evaluate
Strengths
& Weaknesses
Together
Set
Goals
&
Action Plan
Allocate Roles
Review

8. Storming

9. Storming Your Team
Deal With
Disagreements
Promote
Charter
Refine
Action Plan
Review
Strengths
& Weaknesses
Together
Assess
Goals
Test Roles/Make
Changes
Review

10. Norming

11. Norming Your Team
Promote
Consistency in
Tackling of Goals
Provide
Ongoing
Progress
Reports
Close Out Goals
Mitigate
Weaknesses
(Through Training
& Development)
Deal With
Risks
Lock in Priorities
Review

12. Performing

13. Performing Your Team
Continue to Close
Out Goals
Provide
Ongoing
Progress
Reports
Celebrate
Achievements
Continue Team
Members
Development
Look at
What's
Next
Team Leader
Steps Back
Review

14. What To Do Next?
This is dependent of the role of the team:
Work Team: Keep it going
Project Team: Lobby for other projects

15. The Author
• Sean Fletcher is the Principal
Consultant at Strategic Teams
based in Perth, Western
Australia
• He is also a training consultant
with WALGA and a former
local government CEO
• Sean holds qualifications in
management, and regional
development. He is also a
member of the LGMA.
• Visit us at: Strategic Teams