Members often assume roles, including the Questioner, the Historian, the Time Keeper, the Facilitator, to keep the team process moving and on course. Mutually accountable is the aspect of teamwork that is usually the last to develop. It is owning and sharing the team's outcome. Forming In the Forming stage, team members are introduced. They state why they were chosen or volunteered for the team and what they hope to accomplish within the team.
Members cautiously explore the boundaries of acceptable group behavior.
This is a stage of transition from individual to member status, and of testing the leader's guidance both formally and informally. A tentative attachment to the team Suspicion and anxiety about the job. Defining the tasks and how they will be accomplished. Determining acceptable group behavior. Deciding what information needs to be gathered.