When this happens, teams will sometimes need to step back and re-examine any unresolved issues. Once a stage is attained, the work turns to resolving issues identified in the very next stage (as illustrated above). Teams can also move backwards in the model for a variety of reasons - new team members, a new charter or set of functional responsibilities, etc. The team's current stage is determined using the Team Performance Survey and 1:1 interpretation of the survey results with the team leader.Ī team will typically move step-wise through the model, either forward or backward. A team may currently be in any one - and only one - of the seven stages.
The Team Performance Model illustrates team development as seven stages, four to create the team and three to describe increasing levels of sustained performance.
