When to use it
Use it to recognise where a team is and adjust how you lead it.
How to apply it
- Forming: set clear goals, roles and ways of working.
- Storming: bring disagreements into the open and help resolve them.
- Norming: reinforce the agreed habits and step back from day-to-day direction.
- Performing: delegate, remove obstacles and focus on development.
- Adjourning: mark the ending and capture lessons learned.
Tip: Teams slip back to earlier stages when members or goals change, so expect to revisit them.