FIROVIA Developing people and organisations to achieve excellence in business performance

Over time a team can lose its spark. It becomes tired and stale. Performance plateaus as the team slides into a deep and comfortable rut. Many people are familiar with Tuckman's five-stages of team development, forming, storming, norming, performing and adjoining however a sixth stage has evolved to describe a once high performing team’s decline. Often referred to as Dorming, this stage creates the illusion of performance as the team advances into middle age, settling for the comfort and security of the status quo. The team’s maturity and past achievements, instead of being the team's greatest strengths, become the obstacles to its performance; stifling innovation, improvement and growth