I recently went through a Boy Scouts Adult Training called Wood Badge.<p>The most important thing I learned there was a Team Dynamics study, reportedly used by the DoD, which was distilled into four words:
Forming
Storming
Norming
Performing<p>What blew me away was that I could literally see this happening right in front of my eyes with a small team of kids who I was coaching for an FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) Robotics competition.<p>I finally understood the team dynamics and realized that I am not the only one experiencing it and it was not an anomaly.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Tuckman%27s_stages_of_group_development" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Tuckman%27s_stages_of_group_de...</a><p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.dau.mil&#x2F;pubscats&#x2F;pubscats&#x2F;pm&#x2F;articles03&#x2F;pat-ma03.pdf" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.dau.mil&#x2F;pubscats&#x2F;pubscats&#x2F;pm&#x2F;articles03&#x2F;pat-ma03....</a>