Building on that attribute, in the Storm stage you’ll need your Ability to Trust and Win-Win Orientation to get you through the stormy times this stage presents. Many alliances get stranded in this stage, as win-lose conflict resolution destroys trust and sets up the partnership for failure. As your alliance moves into initiating a task, your team begins to establish norms of behavior. This is the Norm stage. As you think about a new future, your Comfort with Change will be challenged as you begin to plan and do things differently. Keeping future oriented and not making assumptions about what your partners will do is difficult, especially if you have preconceived notions of how they are. This will challenge your Future Orientation and Comfort with Change as you move from the status quo to changing and letting go of control. While change is difficult, failure to do so can diminish trust and the quality of your output.
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