I believe a Project Manager has insulted a team member's work to progress the stage from forming to storming. My opinion is that this is a terrible technique. He isn't PMP certified so perhaps he needs some additional training. Has anyone else ever seen or heard of this practice? Saving Changes...
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Eric SimmsSenior Program ManagerBaltimore, Maryland, United States
This certainly isn’t a standard practice. It sounds like the individual has heard of the concept of team formation stages, wants to produce a high-performing team ASAP, and mistakenly thinks these stages must be stepped through to achieve that team. Team formation is natural and can’t be forced. Storming is the natural friction that often occurs when new people learn to work together; it is necessary and beneficial. Sometimes the team fits together naturally and Storming never happens, and the team skips right to the Norming stage. The individual’s actions won’t cause Storming, but they will cause animosity, distrust, lowered morale, and a host of other negative things no PM wants for their team. This individual’s actions are destructive, not helpful. I've found that the best way to get a team to the Performing stage is to give them a challenging assignment; there's no better way for people to learn to work together than to actually work together. Saving Changes...
It doesn't matter if the PM is a PMP or not. it is not necessarily a precursor to appropriate behavior, although we all hope that it is. The PMP doesn't teach behavioral skills. Having said that, insulting someone is not a very good practice. Saving Changes...
Drew CraigSr. Agile & Product Coach| VanguardPhiladelphia, Pa, United States
More of an organic process over a hard checklist of forced events. Empowering does not include demeaning. Saving Changes...
