www.lesswrong.com/posts/cojSyfxfqfm4kpCbk/how-to-hire-a-team
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forming, norming, storming, and performing.
The Tuckman model’s standard sequence is **forming, storming, norming, performing** — the post swaps the middle two stages.
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The named stages are out of order here. In Tuckman’s model, the usual four-stage sequence is forming → storming → norming → performing.
West Chester University’s summary of Tuckman’s stages lists them as “Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing, and Adjourning.” infed.org’s overview likewise explains that Tuckman’s model is commonly given as “forming, storming, norming and performing,” and reproduces Tuckman’s own description in which storming is the second stage and norming the third.
So the post’s phrase “forming, norming, storming, and performing” is factually incorrect as a statement of the model’s stage order.
2 sources
- Tuckman's Stages of Group Development - WCU of PA
These stages are commonly known as: Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing, and Adjourning.
- Bruce W. Tuckman - forming, storming norming and performing in groups - infed.org
many have adopted a version of Tuckman's model - forming, storming, norming and performing ... I hit on four stages going from (1) orientation/testing/dependence, to (2) conflict, to (3) group cohesion, to (4) functional role-relatedness. For these I coined the terms: 'forming,' 'storming,' 'norming,' and 'performing'.