 Storming
is when most teams call in teambuilding trainers.
Storming is the normal and predictable stage of team conflict. You cannot avoid it. It will happen even if you do everything right. And there's nothing wrong with conflict. In fact, you need it. Here's why.
Teams are amazing. Teams can do anything!! The value of teams is in the power of many
minds-the team's Diversity. Research has proven time and again that teams make better
decisions than individuals every time for complex situations because of team's many points
of view. That's the good news. The bad news is that many points of view lay the ground
work for conflict. In fact, team conflict is the 2nd stage of team development . . .
Storming.
In Storming, the team starts to empower itself to share leadership. The team members are testing boundaries and vying for power and control of the team. Egos emerge. Turf wars break out. Differences of opinion emerge about things you've already negotiated-the Goals, Roles and Processes.
The only way to get successfully through the Storming stage is to deal with it openly
and honestly. Don't ignore the team conflicts and hope they will go away. They won't;
they will just go underground and fester and will leak out at the least provocation.
You must
get the team issues on the table, discuss them and resolve them.
In fact, in teamwork, you have to do a paradigm shift on the way you look at conflict.
Team conflict is the catalyst for creativity. It's neutral, and can be constructive
or destructive depending upon how you handle it. When team conflict presents itself,
you need to open it
like a gift to see what creative solutions lie inside. Only by understanding the two
sides of the issue will you be able to use the best of both sides to craft a creative
win-win solution.
The two most important communication skills in Storming are Active Listening and Assertive
Communication. Active Listening ensures that people are heard, and that they feel heard
and understood.
Assertive communication is a way for people to communicate what's going on with them
that is both respectful of self and of others.
See if you can get both sides of an issue to talk about the issue. Get one side to listen
first all the way through to the other side. Then switch. Try to determine what they
agree on, and what they disagree on and clearly define the problem. Then have the team
come together to resolve the problem using the team decision-making process. First brainstorm
a lot of solutions. Then analyze the solutions and eliminate solutions down to a final
few. Then propose solutions, or combinations of solutions that make up a win-win solution
for both sides.
STORMING IS WHEN MOST TEAMS CALL IN TEAMBUILDERS. We recommend you start with:
Team Assessment–to see what the team issues
are. Interviews with team members are also helpful. Determine what the issues are, then
customize
teambuilding training sessions to work it through and get the team on to the next stage
of team development, Norming.
Call us today to book your Team Building Training Workshop.
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