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2/17/22, 1:19 PM Tuckman's Stages of Group Development - West Chester University <br />https://www.wcupa.edu/coral/tuckmanStagesGroupDelvelopment.aspx 6/7 <br />Feelings & Thoughts <br />Empathy for one another <br />High commitment <br />Begin understanding collaborative work ethic <br />Tight bonds emerge <br />Fun and excitement <br />Lots of personal development and creativity <br />General sense of satisfaction <br />Continual discovery of how to sustain feelings of momentum and enthusiasm <br />Team Needs <br />Project guides assure team is moving in collaborative direction <br />Maintain team flexibility <br />Measure knowledge performance – post test <br />Provide information <br />Giving and Receiving <br />Feedback and Dialogue with project guides <br />Leadership Required <br />Shared Leadership being practiced <br />Observing, Inquiring, Fulfilling, team needs <br />Collaborative efforts among team members <br />Project guides provides little direction <br />Team members offer positive reinforcement and support <br />Share new information <br /> <br />The Performing stage is not reached by all groups. If group members are able to <br />evolve to stage four, their capacity, range, and depth of personal relations expand <br />to true interdependence. In this stage, people can work independently, in <br />subgroups, or as a total unit with equal competencies. <br />A d j o u r n i n g <br />In this stage typically team members are ready to leave (course termination) <br />causing significant change to the team structure, membership, or purpose and the <br />team during the last week of class. They experience change and transition. While