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We have all worked in a group or team at some point in our careers. A team is brought together to achieve a common goal. The team needs to have members who have complementary skills and who are committed to a common purpose to achieve performance goals. However, teams don't move immediately toward performing but instead evolve over time. There are five stages of group and team development:

Forming: Getting oriented and getting acquainted. A high degree of uncertainty as members try to figure out who is in charge.

Storming: Personalities start to emerge, along with roles and conflicts within the group.

Norming: In the third stage, conflicts are resolved, relationships develop, and harmony and unity surface.

Performing: Members concentrate on solving problems and completing the assigned task.

Adjourning: Members prepare to disband. Some members may be reassigned or terminated from the group, or the group might be dissolved.