This article by Bruce E. Brown and Rob Miller of Proactive Coaching builds on the five predictable stages teams go through and focuses on a key leadership responsibility in the Getting Started Stage: reaching out and welcoming new team members. It contrasts intentional welcoming and socialization into the team culture with the dangers of hazing, and explains how sharing team history and core covenants brings new members into the inner circle. It is from the Culture #2 Proactive Coaching collection.
Introduction
In our last newsletter we discussed that teams go through predictable stages. The more coaches and team leaders can understand these stages and how they help bring their team through each one, the better chance the team has for success.
- Getting Started Stage – When teams are first getting together – Preseason meeting and first few practices
- Getting into a Routine Stage – Consistency in practices
- Getting to Commitment Stage – Learning who you can trust, building your inner circle