Problem Recognition
Team members’ evaluation of their leadership activities involve the assessment of leadership style with a view of correcting and/or developing a new team if there are serious gaps that calls for it.
Alternative Team Assessment Models
Alternative Team assessment models includes:
1. Tuckman forming storming norming performing model
2. Hersey & Blanchard's situational leadership model
3. Tannenbaum & Schmidt Continuum
Selected Model
I’m using the Tuckman forming storming norming performing model for this posting because of its global recognition. Tuckman informs that teams normally go through five stages of growth: Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing and Adjourning. He explained that as team develops in both ability and maturity, they established relationship and this begets the style of leadership, i.e. leadership style changes from directing style to coaching, then participating, finishing delegating and almost detached.
Results
The result of the performance test using the Tuckman forming storming norming performing model are, survey score of 25 for forming, 21 for storming, shows that the team is in the forming stage. This result can be substantiated by the following observations from team attitudes:
Ø Team members did not understand the full import of CFH emphasis on how tough the programme will be.
Ø Team members still want to do things their own way whereas a common agreement binds team members.
Ø Team members are still trying to put together all resources required for the tasks
Ø Team members are yet to understand each other.
Conclusion & Recommendation
Since the team is still in the forming stage, there is high dependence on leadership for guidance and direction. Leaders are answering a lot of questions and processes are often ignored. For this forming stage, the leadership style based on Tuckman model should be directing.
References
http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/leader/teamsuv.html
http://www.businessballs.com/tuckmanformingstormingnormingperforming.htm
REALLY great topic, and well written, Agbato, but I am not clear if the date you did this assessment was as if you were back in W1 or did you actually do the assessment TODAY? (or recently?)
ReplyDeleteAssuming that you did it today (or within the past week) I am curious to hear why you think why, after 8 weeks, we are still in the forming stage?
Did you compare notes with any of your colleagues? I mean, I have seen serious talk about invoking the penalty clauses in our team governance agreement? Surely that means we are further along than just the forming stage?
I am going to ask that you revise this posting as W1.1 but this time, take the time to poll your colleagues to see if the combined numbers still point to the team being in the forming stages.
BR,
Dr. PDG, Jakarta