Episode 110: Do You Know the Team Phase Most Likely to Mess Up a Team’s Dynamic?

• April 8, 2021

“We all want to be a part of teams that are healthy and productive, and it takes leadership to do it.” —Carla Sones

Have you witnessed a team in your organization come together and start off rocky? Which team phase is most likely to break a good team’s dynamics? Economic development organizations are constantly putting together new teams. Whether it is a new project in the pipeline, a new elected official or a fresh partnership, different teams are always forming.

On this episode, Carla Sones and Faye Davis discuss the ever shifting teams within economic development organizations. With the direction of the Tuckman Model, Carla shows how the construction of a new team goes from the forming phase to the preforming phase. Though that sounds straight-forward, there is a point where the team is storming and that is where strong leadership steps in.

With teams continually phasing, it can feel like there is a win or a loss coming and we all want to be on the right side of the outcome. With high emotions, it takes dedicated leadership to facilitate conversation that will propel teams into the unstoppable force they can be.

America’s Jobs Team is sponsored by Research on Investment / Gazelle.ai

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