From Forming to Powerful: Team Coaching Pilot
A focused, risk‑managed way to accelerate trust, clarity and collaboration in forming leadership teams
Your leadership team is unique — often formed quickly, navigating complexity and shaping culture in real time. Our Team Coaching Pilot Approach is designed for teams in the forming stage of the Tuckman model, giving you a focused, risk-managed way to strengthen trust, clarify priorities and establish high-performing team dynamics early. In just a few months, you’ll have clear insights, practical agreements and a stronger foundation for long-term success.
Tuckman’s Team Development Model
Teams naturally evolve through predictable stages as they come together and grow:
Forming – Members are just coming together, exploring relationships, clarifying goals and figuring out how they fit. Energy is high but interactions tend to stay polite and surface-level.
Storming – As roles and priorities emerge, differences in perspectives and working styles can spark friction. This is a normal and healthy step, but it can slow progress if not navigated well.
Norming – The team establishes norms and shared agreements, building trust and improving collaboration as they align on how to work together.
Performing – With strong trust, clarity, and alignment, the team operates at a high level, making better decisions and delivering stronger results.
(Later research adds a fifth stage, Adjourning, as teams wind down or transition.)
Most leadership teams experience these stages under high stakes and compressed timelines. Our pilot focuses on the forming stage, accelerating trust and clarity so your team can move quickly toward effective collaboration and avoid getting stuck in storming.
What We Focus On
Accelerate Trust and Psychological Safety – Build relationships quickly to support candid dialogue and collaboration right from the start.
Clarify Leadership Identity and Priorities – Define “who we are together” and align on how to lead through complexity from day one.
Improve Communication and Decision-Making – Establish shared norms and ways of working that increase efficiency and reduce friction before patterns harden.
Generate Early Insights – Gather data on team health, trust and alignment to guide early course corrections and next steps.
Success Measures
We track early indicators relevant to newly forming teams:
Trust & Psychological Safety (via pulse surveys pre- and post-pilot)
Clarity & Alignment (qualitative feedback on shared purpose, priorities and roles)
Collaboration & Communication (observable shifts in decision-making and conflict handling)
Leadership Confidence (self-assessed ability to lead together effectively)
Our Hypothesis: Focused team coaching at the forming stage accelerates trust and clarity, enabling faster alignment, healthier relationships, and improved performance.
Our Standards
We follow International Coaching Federation (ICF) team coaching competencies, ensuring:
Clear agreements and confidentiality
Coaching the team as a single entity (not just individuals)
Safe and inclusive facilitation
Ethical neutrality and respect for diverse perspectives
Why It Matters
This pilot helps teams navigate the uncertainty of early formation with confidence and clarity. It reduces risk, accelerates early value and lays the foundation for deeper, longer-term impact. It balances startup speed with professional rigor and reflects Evolve Impact’s strengths-based, inclusive, developmental and strategic approach to helping teams unlock their collective potential.
Ready to Accelerate Trust, Clarity and Alignment in Your Forming Leadership Team?
Let’s start a conversation about how this pilot can work for you.