When I think back on my time as director of student activities at the University of Redlands, there is one memory that always will rise above the rest. It’s a memory that still brings chills up and down my spine. Perhaps because it involved a number of firsts. It was the first time I spoke at the …
Tuckman Tweaked: A Revised Model of Group Development
If you’ve ever taken a class or read a book on team development, you’re probably familiar with Tuckman’s stages of group development: forming, storming, norming, and performing (Smith 2005). According to this model, successful teams move through stages of group development on their way to becoming …
Bless Me Father…
In 2014, I went to a Halloween party dressed as a priest. Actually, I went to the wrong Halloween party in 2014 dressed as a priest. It turns out, there were two houses right next door to each other having parties and I, having never been to my friend’s house before, walked into the wrong …