Between EMS, teaching, and Scouting, I’ve attended A LOT of workshops. I’ve been on A LOT of teams. Every time there has been a common course of development. Psychologist Bruce Tuckman originally coined the phrase, “forming, storming, norming, and performing” in his 1965 article “Developmental Sequence in Small Groups.” I’ve seen plenty of groups go through these four stages. Go through them, double back, repeat, perform, storm, norm, and back to perform.
Never, ever, have I been part of a team that went from forming to HIGH performing, and never went through the other stages.
Until now.
I’ve been watching carefully over the last 5 weeks for something to happen. And it did. This team performed. This team has each other’s backs. This team takes the initiative to step forward and lead when there is a need without being told.
We’re down to just a few class days left. After that we all go separate ways to different shifts, only to see a few others occasionally for weekly testing. Graduation is in three months, after some field internship...which will mark that final time this team comes together. After that. Well, after that, we’ll likely bump fists, high five, or grab hugs when we cross paths on calls and at hospitals.
It’s been a terrific ride! Gonna miss working each day with this team. Go Dirty 30!!
Oh, hi Princess!!
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