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In the forming, storming, norming, performing model, which stage is full of clashes and conflict?

Storming, the second stage.

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  1. Forming
  2. Storming ✔
  3. Performing

Why: In storming, personalities show up and people push for their own needs, so they clash. Next comes norming, when the team accepts standards, and then performing, when it is at its best.

Huh, didn't know that: The four-stage model comes from researcher Bruce W. Tuckman.

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Why did the new team bring umbrellas to its second meeting? It was the storming stage.
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Answer: Storming. In storming, personalities show up and people push for their own needs, so they clash. Next comes norming, when the team accepts standards, and then performing, when it is at its best.

  1. Learn to Lead Volume 2, Chapter 4, The Team's Life Cycle (Civil Air Patrol) www.gocivilairpatrol.com/media/cms/Vol2LetterLowFinal_8BDFDB373E830.pdf
    As these competing personalities and individual needs clash, team members come into conflict with one another.
    Checked 2026-10-10.

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