Stages of Group Formation

Building a church

Forming

Our church had taken too long complete due to lack of funds. We Formed a team to help with manual work. Everyone introduced themselves and gave their reasons for joining the group. The team leaders who were the church leaders gave their expectations. The team members ask questions about the working days and terms of helping. The leaders took note of what very member role. They divided us into groups each with a leader.

2 Storming

Each subgroup brings out their ideas after a period of socializing. There was confrontation regarding whose opinion is the best. When the leaders announced that we were supposed to work four days a week, some members withdrew as they expected to work two days per week due to other personal activities. A member raised the issue of lack of water in the church compound. The chairman said that there was a church member that would provide the water.

Norming

A member asked how to identify and deal with members who would have joined the group with bad intentions. The secretary announced that the leaders will always be supervising the work seeking to identify anyone who has bad intentions and call the police on them. The subgroups are broken, and all become members of the large group. All members were active here, giving opinion and correcting things that where isn’t proper yet.

Performing

All members had adapted to the group norms and almost agreed on everything. Members were unafraid of each other and related to authenticity and respect. Problems get solutions as soon as they are raised as every member is actively involved. All ideas that have been put forward from the start were reviewed and the best chosen. The chairman informed the group that there would be a celebration after half the work was complete.