How to build a #team fit for #uncertainty
The pandemic changed us, our views, what we value and how we work. We might not recognise all the changes and hang on in the hope of a return to something we loved, but we must make the best of it now. We should be aware that the change has not only affected us but also our teams. Whilst the Bruce Tuckman 1965 forming–storming–norming–performing model of group development is timeless. No one is likely to dissent that phases remain necessary and inevitable for a team to grow, face challenges, tackle problems, find solutions, plan work, and deliver results. However, because we have changed, so has the utility of the tools we apply that move us along the journey from forming to performing. Tools learnt and built in stable and certain times, have less applicability when we are faced with volatility and uncertainty. It is the usefulness of tools we utilise that move us on the journey from forming to performing that has changed. More books and articles on “teams” and “leadership” exi