Last summer, Maria decided to join a bowling league with some colleagues from work. They formed a team and bowled together several times to get to know one another better. The week before the league started, the team had to come up with a name. During a meeting to discuss this, Maria and her teammate Tim got into a heated debate because Maria wanted their name to be The Lucky Strikes, whereas Tim wanted the team name to be The Pin City Pimps. While yelling at each other, it became clear that Maria thought she should be the team manager because she had formed the team. Tim was just as adamant that he should be team manager because he is the more experienced bowler.
1. As Sunita and Hubert argue about the team name, what stage of development is their bowling team in?
a. Storming
b. Norming
c. Performing
d. Forming
2. If a team leader wanted to help a team such as Sunita’s get through the storming stage of team development, he or she should take which of the following actions? Check all that apply.
a. Encourage participation by all team members.
b. Help the team discourage free riding.
c. Disband the team.
d. Watch for blocking, or disruptive, behaviors and help prevent them.