| A | B |
|---|
| Clear unity of team function | Common purpose |
| Goals are meaningful to each team member | Common purpose |
| Act of exchanging information | Free communication |
| Express feelings and ideas | Free communication |
| Informal / comfortable atmosphere | Free communication |
| Listen and express feelings | Free communication |
| Disagreement is viewed as opportunity | Free communication |
| Reliability | Trust |
| Dependability | Trust |
| Members must function within legal boundaries | Trust |
| Working together for a common goal | Collaboration |
| Being open minded and willing to compromise | Collaboration |
| Positive attitude | Collaboration |
| Support and encourage others | Collaboration |
| General agreement and the process of getting there | Consensus decisions |
| Address conflict | Consensus decisions |
| Look for win-win outcome | Consensus decisions |
| Every team member has a role and specific contribution | Complementary skills |
| The sum is bigger than the parts | Complementary skills |
| Pledge or promise | Commitment |
| Using the authoritarian approach | acting |
| telling the group what the solution will be | acting |
| useful in emergency situations | acting |
| give and take to reach middle ground | adjusting |
| Good for quick, temporary solution | adjusting |
| sacrificing self concerns to yield to another person | accommodation |
| withdrawing, sidestepping or postponing the issue | avoiding |
| effective when a "timeout" will deal with the issue | avoiding |
| Team members are introduced | Forming |
| "why are we here?" | Forming |
| "What do we do?" | Forming |
| Honeymoon is over | Storming |
| Conflict stage | Storming |
| Awareness stage | Forming |
| Create goals | Forming |
| "I want to do it my way" | Storming |
| Co-operation stage | Norming |
| Confidence and trust develop | Norming |
| Start to set rules and work together | Norming |
| Productivity stage | Performing |
| Action happens | Performing |
| Work as a team | Performing |
| Everyone's skills are utilized | Performing |
| Team is now an effective, cohesive unit | Performing |
| Completion stage | Adjourning |
| Reflect on successes and challenges | Adjourning |
| Relations may continue after team has ended | Adjourning |
| "We did a good job" | Adjourning |
