The second stage of team formation is the storming phase. The honeymoon period of team formation is over at this point; during the initial excitement of forming, the teams have got to know each other and the business problem they were being asked to solve and at this point, they are in full swing of trying to deliver.

It's at this stage that team members might start to show visible frustration around both progress and process, either directed at the other team members or the leadership group.

Individual team members may find that assumptions they made on how our team might work together or their understanding of the team mission start to become challenged. Assumptions have the habit of becoming expectations unless identified and handled. When these expectations are out of alignment with others, tension will start to become tangible.

For example,...