Five Group Development Stages

The five stages of group development developed by Bruce Tuckman are:

  1. Forming: superficial introductions and determining boundaries of acceptable behavior.
  2. Storming: the team must work through conflicts related to authority, vision and values, personality, and cultural differences.
  3. Norming: greater cooperation and more cohesion as the team establish norms for assignment completion, decision-making, and conflict resolution.
  4. Performing: involves effective and unified team performance as the team addresses its objectives. Conflicts are mostly resolved.
  5. Adjourning: this is the process of ending the group. Group members say goodbye to each other.
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Sharam Kohan
Sharam Kohan

Sharam Kohan is an organizational leadership professional with experience spanning employment law, human resources, and public service. He is currently an LL.M. degree candidate at UC Berkeley School of Law and previously served on Alameda County’s Human Relations Commission, advancing equity-focused community initiatives. He holds an Employment Law specialization from Temple University School of Law and is SHRM-certified.

Sharam is also a writer whose work explores the intersection of law and philosophy, including Judgment, a Priori Itself and Sartre’s Conception of Freedom. He comments on organizational dynamics and social issues, and supports Bay Area community organizations through philanthropy and volunteer service.

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