Building a high performing team is essential to achieve a bigger dream for successful project leader. A remarkable project manager influences the talent of the team around him to accelerate the work toward accomplishing the project objective effectively and smoothly.
Sometimes it becomes very difficult to find the experienced team members that can work as one-team-one-goal in harmony without conflicts. Therefore, the project manager must negotiate to have the best members on his team otherwise he has to assign them based on availability.
The area I found helpful in this chapter is the Tuchman's four stages of team development. The process of team development is important to reach the peak of team effectiveness and build a wining culture.
Forming is the first stage helping the positive team members to disperse the anxiety. During this period the project manager must share clear and relevant information, encourage open discussions and let the team members to know each other in order to feel comfortable.
Forming is the first stage helping the positive team members to disperse the anxiety. During this period the project manager must share clear and relevant information, encourage open discussions and let the team members to know each other in order to feel comfortable.
The next critical stage is storming where the members push against boundaries because of conflicts, personalities and different working styles. Sometime the client get upset or some members don’t carry their load and create problems for somebody else in the team. Here the project manager must be proactive and resolve the conflicts through establishing a learning culture, sharing opinions and brainstorming rather than waiting the team to fall the problem on him. Some teams never passing the storming stage because they don’t move through it in healthy way and the organization ended up with an unethical culture.
The third stage is norming where the team members start to resolve the conflicts and transform their weakness into distinctive competencies to create an extraordinary achievements. In this stage the project manager as a leader must involve the team in the managing process and coaching the team in positive way through a constructive feedback and delegation.
The final stage is performing where the team can reach this process because they are inspired, encouraged and ready to accomplish the goal without frictions. This process will create a spacious space for a leader to invest on each member by developing them to be the best and solid team.
