Tuckman's model outlines five stages of group development: forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning. In the forming stage, members get to know each other, while storming involves conflicts that must be managed. Norming leads to cohesion, performing represents peak productivity, and adjourning is the final phase where members reflect and say goodbye.

1. Tuckman’s
Model
The 5 Stages of Group Development

3. What is it?
A model showing how
groups develop over the
lifespan of the group

4. 5 Stages of Group
Development
1. Forming
2. Storming
3. Norming
4. Performing
5. Adjourning

5. The
productivity of
the group
fluctuates over
time as the
group passes
through each
stage or phase

6. FORMING: The initial
group development
stage where the group
members are first
getting to know each
other, and they lay
down the foundations
for the group. It is a bit
of a honeymoon period
in the group’s
interaction.
FORMING

7. STORMING STORMING: The
friendly façade begins
to wear off and the
group may face
interpersonal issues
and conflicts. If not
controlled, open
hostility may occur.
The group is resisting
and testing
boundaries.

8. NORMING NORMING: The
begins to unify in this
stage. Much of the
resistance should be
gone and the group is
becoming more
comfortable with
each other.

9. PERFORMING PERFORMING: The
group should be at
the height of
productivity and the
only conflicts are
constructive and
necessary. The
group is functioning
as a cohesive unit.

10. ADJOURNING ADJOURNING: This
is the final stage.
The group is
wrapping up and
saying their
goodbyes. Members
should be
recognized for the
contribution to the
group.

11. Tuckman’s Model
Joshua Render
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