Week 2 Project: Leadership in a Diverse Community

Team Formation

Successful health organizations globally recognize the importance of teamwork. Teamwork enables health organizations to achieve their set missions and objectives efficiency. By having employees working in terms, health organizations build culture of collectivism in the undertaking of organizational tasks. Nurse leaders and managers have the responsibility of ensuring that effective teams are established in their organizations.

They also have the responsibility of uniting the team members to work towards the realization of a common organizational goal. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to explore the process of team formation using Tuckman’s model of team formation. It explores stages of team formation that will be utilized that include forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning.

Forming

As noted above, I will utilize Tuckman’s model of team formation in establishing the team. The first step that will be adopted from the model is forming. Forming entails the selection of individuals that will participate in the team activities. The selection of individuals will be done based on characteristics such as level of education, experience, availability, influence over others, and leadership abilities.

The group members in the forming stage often rely on safe behaviors, as they rely mainly on the group leader for guidance. They also strive to be accepted by the other members. The team members also aim at simplifying tasks of the group to avoid conflicts and controversies (Guttenberg, 2020). As a result, they avoid complex topics and issues that could cause misunderstanding among them.

I will adopt a number of interventions to achieve successful formation of the team in this stage. They will include orienting the team members about the purpose of the team, encouraging open communication, facilitating consultative discussions and addressing the needs and concerns of the team members (Poston et al., 2017). I will also encourage the team members to express their fears and concerns that they have towards the interventions needed to achieve the aims of the team.

Storming

The second step that will be adopted from Tuckman’s model in forming the team is storming. Conflicts in personal relations and competition characterize this stage of team formation. The team members experience conflicts as they try to undertake the team activities.

The conflicts arise from the differences in their personal attributes and understanding of the ways in which the team activities can be undertaken. It is therefore important for the team members to be adaptive for them to suit the needs of the team (Jones, 2019). The team members also seek clarifications on the individuals assigned different responsibilities of the team activities.

I will adopt a number of interventions to ensure successful storming is achieved in team formation. One of the interventions will be assigning specific individuals the responsibilities of leading the execution of team activities. I will also assist the team members in understanding the diversity in perspective and needs of the others and ways in which mutually agreed goals could be made. I will also listen to their concerns and work with them in developing effective and universal solutions to eliminate conflicts in the future.

The additional interventions that I will utilize will include taking risks, asserting power, developing a defined reward structure, setting goals, being directive, and bringing the group members together (Black et al., 2019).

Norming

The third step that will be utilized in team formation, as adopted from Tuckman’s model is norming. In this stage, cohesion characterizes interpersonal relationships among the team members. The team members play an active role in recognizing their contributions for the success of the group.

They engage in activities such as community building as well as maintenance and active exploration of solutions to the group issues that team members experience. The team members are also ready to forego their ideas if presented with facts by other members of the group (Serenhov & Kaldera Hollu Pathiranage, 2021). The level of trust also rises significantly in this stage, which leads to enhanced group cohesion.

I will therefore adopt several interventions in this stage to strengthen team cohesion. One of the interventions will be encouraging free flow of information among the team members. The team members should be informed about the events of the group to enable them to play an active role in the activities of the group. I will also encourage open communication.

Open communication will strengthen trust and transparency in the undertaking of the activities of the team. I will also encourage